mi·graine (m  gr n )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. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin h  micrnia, from Greek hmikrni : hmi-, hemi- + krnion, head; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]mi·grain ous adj. |
migraine [mee-grain]
Noun
a throbbing headache usually affecting only one side of the head and commonly accompanied by nausea and visual disturbances [French, from Greek hemi half + kranion skull]
| migraine (mgrn) A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, that is characterized by sharp, throbbing pain and is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, and visual disturbances. Vasodilation in the brain causes inflammation that results in pain, but the exact cause of migraine is unknown. |
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| Noun | 1. |  migraine - a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than mencephalalgia, head ache, headache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs |
Translations
n migraine [ˈmiːgrein, (American ) ˈmai-]
(an attack of) a type of very severe headache, often accompanied by vomiting and difficulty in seeing She suffers from migraine. skeelhoofpyn صُداع نِصْفي мигрена migréna migræne die Migräne ημικρανία migraña migreen میگرن migreeni migraine מִיגרֶנָה आधे सिर का दर्द glavobolja, migrena migrén sakit kepala migren mígreni, heilakveisa, höfuðverkur emicrania 偏頭痛 편두통 migrena migrēna migrain migraine migrene migrena enxaqueca migrenă мигрень migréna migrena migrena migrän อาการปวดศรีษะเพียงข้างเดียว migren (周期性)偏頭痛 мігрень آدھے سر کا درد chứng đau nửa đầu (周期性)偏头痛
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