hidrocéfalo
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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
=== Further reading ===
“hidrocéfalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“hidrocéfalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025