hemicrania

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hemicrania

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From Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (from whence also cranium).

Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin.

noun hemicranias · hemicrany

countable, uncountable A headache affecting one side of the head. Gods, gods, why do you punish me? Yes, no doubt it is upon me again, again this terrible, invincible affliction … this hemicrania which grips half the head with pain … without remedy, without escape … I must try not to move my head. …
Similar: megrim, migraine

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noun a headache affecting one side of the head

Español	hemicránea
Português	hemicrania, enxaqueca

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@misc{hemicrania_2026,
  title = {hemicrania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hemicrania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}