hydrocephalic

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Having too much fluid inside the brain that makes the head swell

adjective
/ˌhaɪdrəˈsɛfəlɪk/

Specialized

: hidrocefálico

But now she was all over me, bruising me with wild swings, cursing, until she'd pulled the Chicken Mask from my head—half expecting, I'm sure, to find me scarred or hydrocephalic or otherwise disabled.
hydrocephalic skull

Examples

A new avenue for personalist commitment emerged when nuns at a local hospital asked them to take in a young hydrocephalic boy.

Academic text (2007)
He was a massive man, P172, with a bald head so huge he looked like a monstrous, hydrocephalic baby.

Fiction book (1996)
In the team's curvy logo script and goofy, anthropomorphic, hydrocephalic baseball mascot, I saw the boundless enthusiasm and good-natured irreverence on which I prided myself.

Blog text (23)
The doctors explained that the hydrocephalic condition caused an unusual buildup of fluid in the child's brain.
Parents of hydrocephalic babies often seek specialized medical care to manage their child's symptoms.
After the diagnosis, the hydrocephalic child received a treatment plan to help reduce fluid accumulation.

Surface Forms

hydrocephalic positive

Morphology

hydrocephalic = hydrocephalus (semi-transparent) = hydro + cephal + ic

The adjective is formed in the regular way from the noun 'hydrocephalus' by adding '-ic'.

Etymology

Hydrocephalic comes from the Greek parts hydro- meaning 'water' and -cephal- meaning 'head'. A helpful image is 'water on the head' — it describes someone who has too much fluid in the brain, which can make the head swell.