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Noun Concept
Categories: Ventricular system, Pediatrics, Articles with short description, Disorders causing seizures, Congenital disorders of nervous system
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hydrocephalus  hydrocephaly  Braddock Jones Superneau syndrome  congenital hydrocephalus  Craniosynostosis, sagittal, with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus
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An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological WordNet 3.0
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An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid occurs within the brain. Wikipedia
A congenital disorder colloquially known as 'water on the brain' Wikipedia Disambiguation
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. Wiktionary
Skull enlargement due to fluid. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
abnormality
rare disease
disease
cerebral atrophy
pseudotumor cerebri
HAS KIND
Daentl Townsend Siegel syndrome
BOR-Duane hydrocephalus contiguous gene syndrome
communicating hydrocephalus
obstructive hydrocephalus
aqueductal stenosis
+2 relations
DERIVATION
hydrocephalic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
cerebral edema
Hydrocephalus
hypocephalus
GENETIC ASSOCIATION
MPDZ
CCDC88C
HEALTH SPECIALTY
neurology
medical genetics
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly
Wikipedia
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hydrocephalus
Wikidata
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hydrocephalus
Wiktionary
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hydrocephalus
Wikipedia Redirections
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Braddock Jones Superneau syndrome, congenital hydrocephalus, Craniosynostosis, sagittal, with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus, Hydrocaphlus, Hydrocephalia, hydrocephalic, Hydrocephallus, Hydrocephalous, Hydrocephalus, obstructive, Hydrocephalus autosomal recessive, hydrocephaly, Hydrocephlas, Hydroencephalitis, non-communicating hydrocephalus, obstructive hydrocephalus, water baby syndrome, Water in the brain, Water in the head, water on the brain
Wikidata Alias
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hydrocephalus, nonsyndromic, autosomal recessive, hydrocephalus, X-linked, Meningoencephalocele

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