hydrocephalus

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-) Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́ Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ) Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλον (hudroképhalon)bor. English hydrocephalus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλον (hudroképhalon).

1. A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue.

   “She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.”