Hy`dro·ceph'a·loid adjective [ Hydrocephalus + -oid .] (Medicine) Resembling hydrocephalus. Hydrocephaloid affection (Medicine) , the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular m... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/75
Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′drō-sef′ă-loyd Definitions: 1. Resembling hydrocephalus. 2. A condition in infants who suffer from diarrhea or other debilitating disease, with dehydration and general symptoms resembling those of hydrocephalus, without, however, any abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=41883
hydrocephaloid Resembling hydrocephalus because of an apparently enlarged cranium which is seen in some cases of starvation, but without any abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1009/4