hidrocefalia
Portuguese
Noun
hidrocefalia f (plural hidrocefalias)
- (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)
- (pathology) hydrocephalus
Further reading
- “hidrocefalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014