migraine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mi=graine

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

MS, ache, aching, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, angina, backache, bellyache, brain disease, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, colic, collywobbles, earache, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, fret, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, gnawing, gripe, gripes, gut-ache, headache, heartburn, hemicrania, herpes zoster, ischialgia, megrim, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, odontalgia, organic psychosis, otalgia, palsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, pyrosis, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, shaking palsy, shingles, sick headache, spastic paralysis, splitting headache, stomachache, the jerks, throbbing pain, tic douloureux, toothache, toxic psychosis