Hydrocephaloid affection

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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