enxaqueca
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca
Noun[edit]
enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)
- (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)
- Synonyms: hemialgia, hemicrania
Further reading[edit]
- enxaqueca on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt