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) infantile epilepsy === Further reading === “alferecía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025