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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- 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/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /idɾoˈsefalo/
- 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
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