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.
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2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
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These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
migraine
n : a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently
in women than men [syn: megrim, sick headache, hemicrania]
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "migraine":
MS, 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, 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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