'migraine headache' definitions:
Definition of 'migraine headache'
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 headache'
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]