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Hydrocephaloid

Hyˊdro-ceph′a-loid

,
Adj.
[
Hydrocephalus
+
-oid
.]
(Med.)
Resembling hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephaloid affection
(Med.)
,
the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis.

Definition 2024


hydrocephaloid

hydrocephaloid

English

Adjective

hydrocephaloid (comparative more hydrocephaloid, superlative most hydrocephaloid)

  1. (medicine) Resembling hydrocephalus.

Derived terms

  • hydrocephaloid affection