Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling hydrocephalus. Also
hydrencephaloid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Resembling hydrocephalus.
- adjective (Med.) the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis.
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- adjective medicine Resembling
hydrocephalus .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kurz concludes that nitrite of amyl is indicated in cardiac affections when the capillary circulation is obstructed and the cardiac muscle is threatened with paralysis from overwork; further, in cases of impeded circulation occasioned by cholera or severe diarrhea, particularly in the so-called hydrocephaloid (false hydrocephalus) of children.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 Various
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Could be there's another little hydrocephaloid in the oven.
Palin to step down as governor, not seeking re-election 2009
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"There is no such thing as a hydrocephaloid monkey," someone will say.
The Awkward Fame 2006
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The great thing about hate mail is that it all sounds like it was written by hydrocephaloid monkeys whacked out on roofies.
The Awkward Fame 2006
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The green dude with the big head who looks like he fits in to a cartoon world looks like a ridiculous hydrocephaloid in live-action.
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He walked among the lame and the blind, past hydrocephaloid and microcephalous idiots, past a juggler who kept twelve flaming torches in the air with the aid of a rudimentary third hand growing out of his chest.
The Status Civilization Robert Sheckley 1966
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