different between swollen vs hydrocephalous

English

Etymology

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ?eswollen, from Old English swollen, ?eswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellan? (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sw??l?n/
• Rhymes: -??l?n

Adjective

swollen (comparative more swollen, superlative most swollen)

1. protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

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Verb

swollen

1. past participle of swell

See also

• swole

Anagrams

• Nowells, nowells

English

Etymology

From hydrocephalus +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?d??(?)?s?f?l?s/

Adjective

hydrocephalous (comparative more hydrocephalous, superlative most hydrocephalous)

1. Having a swollen head.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 361

     Hydrocephalous is the word.

2. (medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus.

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