hydrocephalus

/hahy-druh-sef-uh-luhs/US // ˌhaɪ drəˈsɛf ə ləs //UK // (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfələs) //

脑积水,脑水肿

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.

Nancy was born with meningitis, septicemia, and hydrocephalus.
That gentleman had lately taken his degree, and had chosen hydrocephalus for the subject of his thesis in the year 1779.
Acute hydrocephalus is another name for tuberculous meningitis (see Meningitis).
Chronic hydrocephalus, or “water on the brain,” consists in an effusion of fluid into the lateral ventricles of the brain.
Acute hydrocephalus influences respiration in such a way that it slackens and becomes irregular.
Violent diarrhoea resulting from intestinal tuberculosis may be discontinued at the beginning of acute hydrocephalus.