hidrocefalia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (medicine) hydrocephalus (fluid accumulation inside the brain)
Further reading
- “hidrocefalia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hidrocefalia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From hidrocéfalo + -ia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλος (hudroképhalos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /idɾoθeˈfalja/ [i.ð̞ɾo.θeˈfa.lja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /idɾoseˈfalja/ [i.ð̞ɾo.seˈfa.lja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -alja
- Syllabification: hi‧dro‧ce‧fa‧lia
Noun
hidrocefalia f (plural hidrocefalias)
Further reading
- “hidrocefalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025