Megrim

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See migraine.
  • n. A caprice or fancy. Often used in the plural.
  • n. Depression or unhappiness: "If these megrims are the effect of Love, thank Heaven, I never knew what it was” ( Samuel Richardson).
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  • n. A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called migraine headache or migraine.
  • n. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.
  • n. A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.
  • n. The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A form of headache usually confined to or beginning or predominating on one side of the head.
  • n. plural Lowness of spirits, as from headache or general physical disturbance; the “blues”; a morbid or whimsical state of feeling.
  • n. plural In farriery, a sudden attack of sickness in a horse at work, when he reels, and either stands still for a minute dull and stupid, or falls to the ground insensible. These attacks are often periodical, but are most frequent in warm weather.
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  • n. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cephalalgia    headache   
    Variant
    migraine headache    migraine   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fancy    whim    freak    humor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gell    hemicrania   
     
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