hidrocéfalo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾoˈsɛ.fa.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾoˈsɛ.fa.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.dɾuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/ [i.ðɾuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu]

Hyphenation: hi‧dro‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

hidrocéfalo (feminine hidrocéfala, masculine plural hidrocéfalos, feminine plural hidrocéfalas)

(medicine) hydrocephalous (afflicted with hydrocephalus)
Synonym: hidrocefálico

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλος (hudroképhalos), from ὑδρο (“water”) and κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /idɾoˈθefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈθe.fa.lo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /idɾoˈsefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈse.fa.lo]
Rhymes: -efalo
Syllabification: hi‧dro‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

hidrocéfalo (feminine hidrocéfala, masculine plural hidrocéfalos, feminine plural hidrocéfalas)

(medicine) hydrocephalous (afflicted with hydrocephalia)

Noun

hidrocéfalo m (plural hidrocéfalos)

(medicine, dated) hydrocephalus
Synonym: hidrocefalia

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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