名詞 hydrocephalus:

1. 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
   同義詞：hydrocephaly

hy.dro.ceph.a.lus

n.（名詞）
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.
腦積水：一種通常為先天性的病癥，腦內(nèi)異常積液引起顱骨脹大、擠壓大腦，造成神經(jīng)組織大量損傷

來(lái)源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ)
from Greek hudrokephalon
源自 希臘語(yǔ) hudrokephalon
hudro- [hydro-]
hudro- [水的]
kephalô [head] * see ghebh-el-
kephalô [頭] *參見(jiàn) ghebh-el-

【引伸】
hy.drocephal.ic