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

That pain begins in pre-memory, when, 5 months old and hydrocephalic, Alexie needs surgery to relieve the excess cerebral spinal fluid pressing on his brain, and from that moment on, the hits keep coming.

From Washington Post

We’ve arrived at the hospital now, so the atmosphere is gloomier, but once again we get dancing delicacies, hydrocephalic authority figures, and, by the end, general hilarity.

From The New Yorker

There’s much talk these days about the speed of the modern game, thanks to the new titanium rackets, pencil-light with all but rimless hydrocephalic heads.

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg