hydrocephalus
Meaning of hydrocephalus
noun
a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage.
late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek hudrokephalon, from hudro- ‘water’ + kephalē ‘head’.
Information about hydrocephalus
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Hyphenation of hydrocephalus
hy-dro-cephalus
- It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
- hydrocephalus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
hydrocephalus synonyms
Meaning hydrocephaly:
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