| 单词 | water on the brain |
| 释义 | water on the brain in British English (ˈwɔːtəʳ ɒn ðəː breɪn) noun another name for hydrocephalus hydrocephalus in British English (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfələs) or hydrocephaly (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ) noun accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain because its normal outlet has been blocked by congenital malformation or disease. In infancy it usually results in great enlargement of the head Nontechnical name: water on the brain Derived forms hydrocephalic (ˌhaɪdrəʊsɛˈfælɪk), hydrocephaloid (ˌhydroˈcephaloid) or hydrocephalous (ˌhydroˈcephalous) adjective water on the brain in American Englishnoun hydrocephalus Word origin [1780–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alignment, carbon, dynamics, oxygen, vampire batExamples of 'water on the brain' in a sentence |
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