'Migrainous' definitions:

Definition of 'Migrainous'

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]

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