a. [ Cephalo- + -oid. ] Shaped like the head. Craing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An encephaloid cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'egke`falos + -oid. ] Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydrocephalus + -oid. ] (Med.) Resembling hydrocephalus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrocephaloid affection (Med.), the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis. [ 1913 Webster ]