migraine (noun)

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• migraine — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ severe ▪ acute ▪ chronic VERB + MIGRAINE ▪ experience, get, have …   Collocations dictionary

• migraine — ► NOUN ▪ a recurrent throbbing headache, typically affecting one side of the head and often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. USAGE The standard pronunciation of migraine in British English is , which is closer to the pronunciation of… …   English terms dictionary

• migraine — noun Etymology: Middle English mygreyn, from Middle French migraine, modification of Late Latin hemicrania pain in one side of the head, from Greek hēmikrania, from hēmi hemi + kranion cranium Date: 15th century 1. a condition marked by recurrent …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• migraine — noun (C) an extremely bad headache, during which you feel sick and have pain behind your eyes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• migraine aura —    The term migraine comes from the Old English megrim, which is in turn indebted to the Greek noun hèmikranion (meaning half the skull). The introduction of the term hèmikranion is attributed to the classical physician Galen of Pergamum, born as …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• migraine — UK [ˈmiːɡreɪn] / UK [ˈmaɪɡreɪn] / US [ˈmaɪˌɡreɪn] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms migraine : singular migraine plural migraines a very bad headache that often makes you unable to bear strong light He suffers from migraines …   English dictionary

• migraine — mi|graine [ maı,greın ] noun count or uncount a very bad HEADACHE that often makes you unable to bear strong light: He suffers from migraines …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• migraine — [ mi:greɪn, mʌɪ ] noun a recurrent throbbing headache, typically affecting one side of the head and often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. Derivatives migrainous adjective Origin ME: from Fr., via late L. from Gk hēmikrania, from hēmi… …   English new terms dictionary

• migraine — [ˈmaɪgreɪn] , [ˈmiːgreɪn] noun [C] a very severe HEADACHE …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• migraine — /ˈmaɪgreɪn / (say muygrayn), /ˈmigreɪn / (say meegrayn) noun a paroxysmal headache often confined to one side of the head and usually associated with nausea; hemicrania. {French. See megrim} …  

• child stomach migraine — noun → stomach migraine …