Crossword-Solution: HYDROCEPHALUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hydrocephalus | n. | 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. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “HYDROCEPHALUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BRAIN disease | 1 answer |
| BRAIN, water on the | 1 answer |
| water on the brain | 1 answer |
| an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity | 2 answers |
| CENTRAL nervous system damage/disease | 6 answers |
| DISEASE, type of | 110 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
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in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with HYDROCEPHALUS (5)
One was very rudimentary and only 21 inches long, and the other had an enormous head resembling a case of hydrocephalus.
The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible.
The arrest of development seemed to be connected with hydrocephalus; although the head was no larger than that of a child of two, the anterior fontanelle was widely open, indicating that there was pressure within.
The Ephemerides contains an account of a case of hydrocephalus in which there were 24 pounds of fluid, and similar cases have been noted.
After Waterloo he went back to his studies, took his doctor's degree in 1817 with a treatise on the "Antiquities of Hydrocephalus," and became privat-docent in the Medical Faculty of the Berlin University.