HYDROCEPHALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrocephaly mean? 

• HYDROCEPHALY (noun)
  The noun HYDROCEPHALY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological

  Familiarity information: HYDROCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hydrocephalus; hydrocephaly

Hypernyms ("hydrocephaly" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Derivation:

hydrocephalic (relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus)