HYDROCEPHALIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrocephalic mean? 

• HYDROCEPHALIC (adjective)
  The adjective HYDROCEPHALIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus

  Familiarity information: HYDROCEPHALIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCEPHALIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

hydrocephalus (an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological)

Derivation:

hydrocephalus; hydrocephaly (an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological)