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migraine
- /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ UK
- /ˈmiːɡɹeɪn/ UK
- /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -aɪɡɹeɪn
Where it comes from
First appears c. 1425. A respelling (following French) of the late 14th century Middle English megrim, from the 13th century Old French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Latin hemicrania (“a pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “the skull”) (whence also cranium), a calque of Egyptian gs-tp (“a headache”), from gs (“half”) + tp (“the head”), although the link between the Egyptian magical papyri and the Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía) could be purely incidental. Cognate to megrim, hemicrania.
noun migraines
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A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die.
Similar: hemicrania, megrim, migraine headache, sick headache
- A neurological condition characterised by such headaches. Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hemicrania, megrim, sick headache, headache, hemiplegic, ophthalmoplegic, air, splitting, cephalalgia, splitting headache, basilar migraine, cephalalgy, vascular headache, ocular migraine, ophthalmic migraine, cluster headache
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noun headache usually affecting only one side of the head
| Español | migraña, jaqueca, hemicránea, clavo |
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| 한국어 | 편두통 pyeondutong |
| 日本語 | 偏頭痛 henzutsū |
| 中文 | 偏頭痛 /偏头痛 piāntóutòng, 偏頭疼 /偏头疼 piāntóuténg |
| Kiswahili | kipandauso |
| Português | enxaqueca, hemicrania |
| Français | migraine |
| Deutsch | Migräne |
| Italiano | emicrania |
| Ελληνικά | ημικρανία imikranía |
| Română | migrenă |
| Русский | мигре́нь migrénʹ |
| العربية | شَقِيقَة šaqīqa, صُدَاع نِصْفِي ṣudāʕ niṣfī |
| עברית | מיגרנה |
noun neurological condition
| Ελληνικά | ημικρανία imikranía |
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title = {migraine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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