hydrocephalic
adjective
hy·dro·ce·phal·ic
ˌhī-drō-sə-ˈfa-lik 
: relating to, characterized by, or affected with hydrocephalus
hydrocephalic
noun
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Here’s Forsdyke’s illustration: a normal adult brain on the left, alongside two striking adult post-hydrocephalic ones.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2015
That pain begins in pre-memory, when, 5 months old and hydrocephalic, Alexie needs surgery to relieve the excess cerebral spinal fluid pressing on his brain, and from that moment on, the hits keep coming.
—The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 30 July 2017
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2015
That pain begins in pre-memory, when, 5 months old and hydrocephalic, Alexie needs surgery to relieve the excess cerebral spinal fluid pressing on his brain, and from that moment on, the hits keep coming.
—The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 30 July 2017
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“Hydrocephalic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrocephalic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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