alferecía

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الفَالِجِيَّة (al-falijíyya), from Arabic فَالِج (fālij, “stroke”), from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “apoplexy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /alfeɾeˈθia/ [al.fe.ɾeˈθi.a]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alfeɾeˈsia/ [al.fe.ɾeˈsi.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: al‧fe‧re‧cí‧a

Noun

alferecía f (uncountable)

infantile epilepsy

Further reading

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

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