hydrocephaloid
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hydrocephaloid
First recorded in 1835–45; hydrocephal(us) + -oid
Example Sentences
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Others thought the picture looked like a vast translucent cranium containing a number of babies enveloped in autumn leaves, some of the children still foetal, one blue-veined crimson hydrocephaloid boy on its stomach, another urinating.
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