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Hydrocephalus

An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.

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Abnormality 76% connected

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

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Hydrocephalic 74% connected

Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.

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Hydrocephalic 74% connected

Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.

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Aqueduct noun · 78% connection

A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.

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Ascites noun · 78% connection

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

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Brain noun · 78% connection

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

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Brain fever noun · 78% connection

meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

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Brainpan noun · 78% connection

The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

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Celom noun · 78% connection

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

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Celoma noun · 78% connection

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

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Cerebellum noun · 78% connection

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

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Cerebrospinal fever noun · 78% connection

meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

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Cerebrospinal meningitis noun · 78% connection

meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

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Choriomeningitis noun · 78% connection

a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges

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Choroid adjective · 78% connection

resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.

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