alferecía

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alferecía f (uncountable)

  1. infantile epilepsy

Further reading

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