different between hydrocephalus vs hydrocephaly

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (hudroképhalon).

hydrocephalus (usually uncountable, plural hydrocephaluses)

(medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue

hydrocephaly (countable and uncountable, plural hydrocephalies)

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