hydrocephalic

[ hahy-droh-suh-fal-ik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. of or relating to hydrocephalus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrocephalic¹

First recorded in 1805–15; hydrocephal(us) + -ic

Example Sentences

They are perhaps passable portraits of the languid, half-witted, hydrocephalic creatures who made them.

From Project Gutenberg

As for Swinburne's hydrocephalic muse, I do not think Whitman took any interest in it from the first.

From Project Gutenberg