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What is the noun for hydrocephalous?

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hydrocephalus
  1. (medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The amount of intraventricular haematic density and hydrocephalus were associated to cognitive impairment and to delirium.”
      “About 90 percent of children with the most severe form of spina bifida develop hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.”
      “Some conditions that may lead to cousinhood include Tourette syndrome, hydrocephalus, Williams syndrome, and some learning disabilities.”
hydrocephalic
  1. A person who has hydrocephalus.
hydrocephaly
  1. hydrocephalus
  2. Examples:
    1. “In our case, prenatal sonographic examination revealed oligohydramnios and hydrocephaly in the 33rd week of gestation.”
      “Her prospective parents were told only that she had had water on the brain, or hydrocephaly, as a newborn.”
      “The doctor even told Marcilio's brother that he had 30 patients with hydrocephaly like this and 29 died.”
hydrocephalics
  1. plural of hydrocephalic
hydrocephaluses
hydrocephalies
  1. plural of hydrocephaly
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