alferecía

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (alfaliǧíyya), from Arabic فَالِج‎ (fālij, “stroke”), from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “apoplexy”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /alfeɾeˈθia/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /alfeɾeˈsia/

Noun

alferecía f (uncountable)

infantile epilepsy

Further reading

“alferecía” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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