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Hydrocephalus vs Hydrocele - What's the difference?

hydrocephalus | hydrocele |

As nouns the difference between hydrocephalus and hydrocele

is that hydrocephalus is (uncountable|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 while hydrocele is an abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.

hydrocephalus

English

Noun

(wikipedia hydrocephalus) (-)
  • (uncountable, 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

    • Synonyms

    * water on the brain (informal)

    hydrocele

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
  • * 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 205:
    • For while he refers to his gout (a good disease), he does not mention the complaint which indirectly killed him, his hydrocele – an enlargement of the scrotum.