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migraine
mi-graine′
,Noun.
[F.
migraine
, LL. hemigrania
, L. hemicrania
, hemicranium
, Gr. ἡμικρανία
; ἡμι-
half + κρανίον
skull. See Hemi-
and Cranium
, and cf. Hemicrania
, Migraine
.] 1.
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
. Mi-grain′ous
, Adj.