anencefalia
Portuguese, noun/a.nẽ.se.faˈli.ɐ/
anencefalia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anencephaly (birth defect involving the absence of the encephalon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anencefalia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanencephaly (birth defect involving the absence of the encephalon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of anencefalia
- anencefalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anencefalia?
- Brazil /a.nẽ.se.faˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.nẽ.sɨ.fɐˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anencefalia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anencefalia in Portuguese?
anencefalia appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).