How to Use hydrocephalus in a Sentence
hydrocephalus
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The surgery was the first of its kind to treat hydrocephalus in fur seals.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 2 Jan. 2018
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On the third day, the doctor called him with good news: Jason did not have hydrocephalus.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2022
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Scott was born with hydrocephalus (water on the brain).
—Priority Health, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2018
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The film follows a child with hydrocephalus who gets a life-changing surgery.
—Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
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The parents revealed that the 6-year-old had autism, epilepsy and hydrocephalus.
—Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2021
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At six months, she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2021
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Soon, 7-year-old Hayden Dawes, who has hydrocephalus and has been in the hospital for a week to replace a shunt, appears on the screen.
—Washington Post, 15 May 2021
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Twenty-five years ago my first son, Jacob, was born with hydrocephalus, or water on the brain.
—Carol Glazer, Redbook, 3 Nov. 2017
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Might it have been caused by hydrocephalus or some other disease?
—Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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Twenty years ago, their year-and-a-half-old daughter was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.
—Tommy Tomlinson, Esquire, 25 Apr. 2017
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Sharpe's life was turned sideways on Friday, Aug. 25, when his son Jacob was born with hydrocephalus.
—Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2017
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One father had traveled from Honduras with his 6-year-old child who had hydrocephalus.
—Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 6 July 2018
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MyLynn, 19, is on the autism spectrum, has mild cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus from excess fluid in the brain.
—Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
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Her son Ron McBay said the cause was diabetes and normal pressure hydrocephalus, a form of dementia.
—New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
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Then the tiny baby had surgery to place a shunt in his brain to drain excess fluid associated with his hydrocephalus.
—Liv Osby, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
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The couple was then told their son was born with hydrocephalus, which causes extra fluid on the brain, but that his brain tissue had developed.
—Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
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In Zen’s case, this hydrocephalus was due to a malignant brain tumor, Cannon explained.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 8 Dec. 2021
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In addition, babies with this form of spina bifida often need a shunt to drain off excess fluid in the brain, called hydrocephalus.
—Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 23 June 2017
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In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral.
—Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
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He was born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess fluids build up in the brain, and has undergone more than 50 surgeries throughout his life.
—Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
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Soon after she was born, however, Millie was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid around the brain, and was scheduled for surgery.
—Sarah Schreiber, Redbook, 9 Apr. 2017
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In a disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus (N.P.H.), the cells that absorb excess fluid stop working well, and the fluid can compress and injure the brain.
—New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
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Johnson said her son, who had a brain condition called congenital hydrocephalus, had worked at Walmart for more than 10 years.
—Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
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Van Brusselen learned just a month before her due date that her baby had hydrocephalus, or an accumulation of fluid in the brain.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2020
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Jeremy Keyser, 15, was born with hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
—Olga Yakovleva special To The Miami Herald, miamiherald, 30 June 2017
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After his broken back, there was a series of splintering falls, a terrible car accident, a shunt for hydrocephalus, and two kinds of cancer.
—Ann Patchett, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
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In addition to her facial symptoms, Laura’s brain was swollen with fluid at birth, a condition known as hydrocephalus.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2021
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Andrew, who was born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess fluids build up in the brain, passed away on July 1 — just days after his 14th birthday — following months of painful hospice care.
—Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2022
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Recently, Chae was working on developing high-tech brain implants to ease the effects of hydrocephalus, according to the statement.
—Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2020
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Campos’ third child, a daughter, was diagnosed with fetal congenital hydrocephalus, a condition that causes cerebrospinal fluid to build up in the brain’s ventricles.
—Palabra, al, 21 Feb. 2023
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