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Webster 1913 Edition

Hydrocephalus

Hyˊdro-ceph′a-lus

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] hydrocephalus;
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] head.]
(Med.)
An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hydrocephalus

HYDROCEPH'ALUS

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Noun.
[Gr. water, and the head.] Dropsy of the head; a preternatural distension of the head by a stagnation and
extravasation of the lymph, either within or without the cranium.

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