enxaqueca
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca
Noun edit
enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)
- (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)
- Synonyms: hemialgia, hemicrania
Further reading edit
- enxaqueca on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt