Hydrocephalus

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 51

hī-dro-sef′a-lus, n. an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity, either in the sub-dural space or the ventricles: water in the head: dropsy of the brain.— adjs. Hydrocephal′ic , Hydroceph′aloid , Hydroceph′alous . [Gr. hydōr , water, kephalē , the head.]