Migraine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, characterized by sharp pain and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Also called megrim.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as megrim.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cephalalgia    headache   
    Cross Reference
    ophthalmic migraine   
    Variant
    migraine headache    megrim   
    Form
    migraineur    migrainous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hemicrania    megrim    sick headache   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    depakote    famvir    osteoporosis    psoriasis    backache    epilepsy    headache    arthritis    asthma    allergy   
     
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