'Megrim' definitions:

Definition of 'megrim'

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noun
A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men [syn: migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania]

Definition of 'Megrim'

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  • Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ? skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.]
  • 1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called migraine headache or migraine. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. [1913 Webster]
  • These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Megrim'

From: GCIDE
  • Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'megrim'

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  • Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zool.) A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or {Psetta arnoglossa}); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole. [1913 Webster]

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