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- (hudro-, “water”) and κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /idɾoˈθefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈθe.fa.lo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /idɾoˈsefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈse.fa.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024