braquicefalia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese braqui-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōl

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Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder.

Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́

Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ)der.

Portuguese -cefalia

Portuguese braquicefalia

From braqui- + -cefalia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ki.se.faˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ki.se.faˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ki.se.faˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ki.sɨ.fɐˈli.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: bra‧qui‧ce‧fa‧li‧a

Noun

braquicefalia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) brachycephaly (condition wherein the skull is flattened)

Further reading

• “braquicefalia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “braquicefalia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026