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noun
A headache affecting one side of the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: migraine, megrim, sick headache
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: headache, head ache, cephalalgia
History
From Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (from whence also cranium). Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin.
Across languages
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