hidrocefalia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾo.se.faˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾo.se.faˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾo.se.faˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.dɾu.sɨ.fɐˈli.ɐ/ [i.ðɾu.sɨ.fɐˈli.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: hi‧dro‧ce‧fa‧li‧a

Noun

hidrocefalia f (plural hidrocefalias)

1. (medicine) hydrocephalus (fluid accumulation inside the brain)

Spanish

Etymology

From hidrocéfalo +‎ -ia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλος (hudroképhalos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /idɾoθeˈfalja/ [i.ð̞ɾo.θeˈfa.lja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /idɾoseˈfalja/ [i.ð̞ɾo.seˈfa.lja]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: hi‧dro‧ce‧fa‧lia

Noun

hidrocefalia f (plural hidrocefalias)

1. (pathology) hydrocephalus

Further reading

• “hidrocefalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014