hydrocephalic

American  

[hahy-droh-suh-fal-ik] / ˌhaɪ droʊ səˈfæl ɪk /

Also hydrocephalous

adjective

Pathology.

1. of or relating to hydrocephalus.

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Etymology

Origin of hydrocephalic

First recorded in 1805–15; hydrocephal(us) + -ic

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

We’ve arrived at the hospital now, so the atmosphere is gloomier, but once again we get dancing delicacies, hydrocephalic authority figures, and, by the end, general hilarity.

From The New Yorker

There’s much talk these days about the speed of the modern game, thanks to the new titanium rackets, pencil-light with all but rimless hydrocephalic heads.

From New York Times

As for Swinburne's hydrocephalic muse, I do not think Whitman took any interest in it from the first.

From Project Gutenberg

He bought an evening paper that shrieked with hydrocephalic headlines and turned into a dingy little restaurant advertising a "Regular Dinner de luxe with Dessert, 35 cts."

From Project Gutenberg