headache
a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
an annoying or bothersome person, situation, activity, etc.
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How to use headache in a sentence
Still, no one likes to deal with a sore arm and an annoying headache for an entire day, so you might be tempted to take preventative painkillers before getting the vaccine.
Adding to the city’s budget headaches is a ballooning annual pension payment that the city and its mayor have little control over.
Gloria Eagerly Flagged Budget Issues But Is Less Eager to ID Solutions | Lisa Halverstadt | February 4, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe founders also left to their deputies future and ongoing antitrust headaches, as evidenced by Pichai being called to testify before Congress numerous times since the founders’ departure.
With Bezos out as Amazon CEO, Zuckerberg is the last man standing | Elizabeth Dwoskin | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostDespite all the headaches that come with it, homeownership is still the American dream for many.
Divvy Homes secures $110M Series C to help renters become homeowners | Mary Ann Azevedo | February 2, 2021 | TechCrunchTiny screens require you to strain your eyes to make out fine details, so you’ll most likely end up with a headache, another common and annoying symptom of gaming sickness.
Video games can cause motion sickness—here’s how to fight it | Sandra Gutierrez G. | February 2, 2021 | Popular-Science
Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 8-14, 2014 | William Boot | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy is such a simple countermeasure against headache and disease still so unpopular?
Scroguard, Galactic Cap, and More: Will Anyone Wear Normal Condoms In the Future? | Samantha Allen | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSevere belly pains, a headache, and fever were the only conclusions Breman could draw.
For novice and fitness-enthusiasts alike, the Amiigo's intelligent pattern recognition alleviates a major headache at the gym.
His headache cured, the man went home and two months later, he was given a clean bill of health.
Doctors Say Motörhead Is So Hardcore, They Could Make Your Brain Bleed | Brandy Zadrozny | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the family returned from the court house, Orlean had retired at once, complaining of a headache.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAnother frequent symptom is repeated and constant headache, which, in the present series of cases, existed in 41.1 per cent.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettA tightness took him about the heart, and behind his eyes that pulse of red darkness presaged the beginning of a violent headache.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseThe fumes of the tobacco were carried by the air into the house, and brought back Ruth's sick headache.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellTo the credit of Germany, I must say there was not a shadow of a headache the next morning.
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British Dictionary definitions for headache
/ (ˈhɛdˌeɪk) /
pain in the head, caused by dilation of cerebral arteries, muscle contraction, insufficient oxygen in the cerebral blood, reaction to drugs, etc: Technical name: cephalalgia
informal any cause of worry, difficulty, or annoyance
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Scientific definitions for headache
[ hĕd′āk′ ]
Pain in the head, caused by stimulation of or pressure to any of various structures of the head, such as tissue covering the cranium, cranial nerves, or blood vessels. Headache can be a primary disorder, as in migraine or cluster headaches, or a common symptom associated with head injury or many illnesses such as acute infection, brain tumor or abscess, eye disorders such as glaucoma, dental disease, and hypertension. See also cluster headache migraine.
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