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Migraine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Migraine has 1 sense
- migraine(n = noun.state) hemicrania, megrim, sick headache - a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men; Array is a kind of cephalalgia, head ache, headache
CIDE DICTIONARY
Migraine, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half + krani`on skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.].
A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; called also migraine headache . Same as megrim. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Migraine, n. a recurrent throbbing headache that usually affects one side of the head, often accompanied by nausea and disturbance of vision.
Derivative
migrainous adj.
Etymology
F f. LL hemicrania f. Gk hemikrania (as HEMI-, CRANIUM): orig. of a headache confined to one side of the head
THESAURUS
Migraine
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