Excess fluid in the cerebral ventricles can lead to hydrocephalus, a dangerous buildup of pressure.
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Hydrocephalus
Synonyms for "hydrocephalus" (3 found)
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54 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑδροκέφαλον noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Arabic
1 entries- مواه الرأس noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Armenian
1 entries- հիդրոցեֆալիա noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hidrosefal noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Basque
1 entries- hidrozefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Belarusian
1 entries- гідрацэфалія noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Catalan
1 entries- hidrocefàlia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 水腦症 /水脑症 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- 腦積水 /脑积水 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 水腦症 /水脑症 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- 腦積水 /脑积水 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Czech
1 entries- hydrocefalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Dutch
2 entries- hydrocefalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- waterhoofd noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Finnish
1 entries- hydrokefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
French
1 entries- hydrocéphalie noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰიდროცეფალია noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
German
3 entries- Hydrocephalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- Hydrozephalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- Wasserkopf noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Greek
1 entries- υδροκεφαλία noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- idwosefali noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִידְרוֹצֶפָלוּס noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Hindi
1 entries- जलशीर्ष noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Icelandic
1 entries- vatnshöfuð noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Ido
1 entries- hidrocefaleso noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Indonesian
1 entries- hidrosefalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Irish
1 entries- hiodracafalas noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Italian
2 entries- idrocefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- idrocefalo noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Japanese
1 entries- 水頭症 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜಲಮಸ್ತಿಷ್ಕ ರೋಗ noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Kazakh
2 entries- гидроцефалия noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- ми шемені noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Korean
1 entries- 수두증 noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- гидроцефалия noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Latvian
1 entries- hidrocefālija noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Lithuanian
2 entries- hidrocefalija noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- vandenė noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Odia
1 entries- ହାଇଡ୍ରୋସେଫାଲସ noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Polish
3 entries- hydrocefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- wodogłowie noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- wodomózgowie noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Portuguese
1 entries- hidrocefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Romanian
1 entries- hidrocefalie noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Russian
2 entries- водя́нка головно́го мо́зга noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- гидроцефа́лия noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Slovak
1 entries- hydrocefália noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Spanish
1 entries- hidrocefalia noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Swedish
2 entries- hydrocefalus noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
- vattenskalle noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Thai
1 entries- ภาวะโพรงสมองคั่งน้ำ noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Turkish
1 entries- hidrosefali noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гідроцефалія noun (skull enlargement due to fluid)
Sample sentences
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She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.
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