'migraine' definitions:
Definition of 'migraine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men [syn: migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania]
Definition of 'migraine'
From: GCIDE
- 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 'migraine'
From: GCIDE
- migraine \mi*graine"\, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half + krani`on 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}, a. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'migraine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- aching,
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- angina,
- backache,
- bellyache,
- brain disease,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- chorea,
- colic,
- collywobbles,
- earache,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fret,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- gnawing,
- gripe,
- gripes,
- gut-ache,
- headache,
- heartburn,
- hemicrania,
- herpes zoster,
- ischialgia,
- megrim,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- odontalgia,
- organic psychosis,
- otalgia,
- palsy,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- pyrosis,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- sick headache,
- spastic paralysis,
- splitting headache,
- stomachache,
- the jerks,
- throbbing pain,
- tic douloureux,
- toothache,
- toxic psychosis