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me⋅grim

  [mee-grim]
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–noun
1. megrims, low spirits; the blues.
2. a whim or caprice.
3. migraine.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME migrame a type of headache < MF migraine (by misreading, in taken as m); see migraine
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me·grim   (mē'grĭm)   
n.  

  1. See migraine.

  2. megrims A caprice or fancy. Often used in the plural.

  3. megrims Depression or unhappiness: "If these megrims are the effect of Love, thank Heaven, I never knew what it was" (Samuel Richardson).


[Middle English migrem, variant of migraine; see migraine.]
mi·graine   (mī'grān')   
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 hēmicrānia, from Greek hēmikrāniā : hēmi-, hemi- + krānion, head; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mi·grain'ous adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: me·grim
Pronunciation: 'mE-gr&m
Function: noun
1 a : MIGRAINE b : VERTIGO
2 : any of numerous diseases of animals markedby disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behavior —usually used in plural
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Medical Dictionary

megrim me·grim (mē'grĭm)
n.
See migraine.

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