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migraine

[mahy-greyn or, Brit., mee-]

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noun

an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin hēmicrānia hemicrania; compare megrim

Related forms

mi·grain·oid, adjective

mi·grain·ous, adjective

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Many migraine sufferers are reluctant to hit the gym, fearful that pushing themselves too hard may bring on an attack.

With so much tied to semesters, innovators who adopt open-entry courses may be in for a bureaucratic migraine.

However, he does find a lowered pain threshold in the mouse migraine model compared with healthy mice-but only in females.

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Many migraine sufferers are reluctant to hit the gym, fearful that pushing themselves too hard may bring on an attack.

With so much tied to semesters, innovators who adopt open-entry courses may be in for a bureaucratic migraine.

However, he does find a lowered pain threshold in the mouse migraine model compared with healthy mice-but only in females.

Some migraine sufferers may be at an increased risk for brain lesions, according to the results of a new study.

Migraine is more prevalent among women throughout the world and in every.

Budgeting, usually a headache endured annually, has become a chronic migraine for many city governments.

Migraine treatment involves both treating acute attacks when they occur and developing preventive strategies for reducing.

People cried that new sorts of light would give them migraine and epileptic fits.

Forehead lifts are typically performed to smooth furrowed brows, but now the surgery is being used to treat migraine headaches.

So after the night of drunken stupor comes the pain of the following morning's migraine.

Anyone who has experienced a migraine knows how debilitating the pain can be.

Migraine sufferers have often told skeptical physicians that red wine, but not other alcoholic drinks, brought on their headaches.

Everything you thought you knew about migraine headaches may be wrong.

Patients begin by popping too many pills to deal with a migraine or a simple tension-type headache.

But a raft of evidence now suggests that the migraine finding, though intriguing, was less fact than statistical artifact.

Migraine is an inherited neurological condition characterized by severe, often disabling headache pain.

For migraine sufferers, summer can be a perilous time of year.

Migraine headaches, particularly migraine with auras, may sometimes be confused with seizures.

Troubling vertigo may occur during or between migraine headaches.

Patients who have both tension-type and migraine headaches may face steeper challenges in recovery.

Tension headaches can occur when the patient also has a migraine.

Clinicians reported that many migraine patients suffered from cold hands and feet prior to their headaches.

Many primary headaches, particularly migraine or cluster, may closely resemble sinus headache.

It is also being investigated as a possible treatment for chronic migraine and cluster headaches.

Rarely, people with migraine headaches may have a temporary problem with the oculomotor nerve.

Studies suggest that migraine or severe headache may be a risk factor for stroke in both men and women, especially before age.

He cures the migraine headaches of a debutante and the incontinence of an aging, mansion-bound millionaire.

Triptans are drugs that are usually used to treat migraine headaches.

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World English Dictionary

migraine (ˈmiːɡreɪn, ˈmaɪ-)

—n
	a throbbing headache usually affecting only one side of the head and commonly accompanied by nausea and visual disturbances

[C18: (earlier form, C14 mygramemegrim¹): from French, from Late Latin hēmicrānia pain in half of the head, from Greek hēmikrania, from hemi- + kranioncranium]

'migrainous

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

migraine

late 14c., megrim, from O.Fr. migraigne (13c.), from vulgar pronunciation of L.L. hemicrania "pain in one side of the head, headache," from Gk. hemikrania, from hemi- "half" + kranion "skull" (see cranium). The M.E. form was re-spelled 1777 on Fr. model.

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Medical Dictionary

migraine mi·graine (mī'grān')
n.
A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, that is characterized by sharp pain and is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Also called hemicrania, megrim, sick headache.

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Science Dictionary

migraine

(mī'grān') Pronunciation Key
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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