Hydrocephaloid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydrocephaloid \Hy`dro*ceph"a*loid\, a. [Hydrocephalus + -oid.]
     (Med.)
     Resembling hydrocephalus.
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     {Hydrocephaloid affection} (Med.), the group of symptoms


        which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children,
        resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular
        meningitis.
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