hydrocephalus
/ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsefələs/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage【医】(尤指儿童)脑积水。
派生词
hydrocephalic
adjectivehydrocephaly
noun词源
late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hudrokephalon, from hudro- 'water'+kephalē'head'.