migraine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmiːɡɹeɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- mī'grān (Canada, US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
2013, Health Press Publishing, Natural Therapies and Prevention for Headaches and Migraines, unnumbered page, Migraine headaches are fortunately suffered by a relatively small percentage of people, but for those who do suffer, migraines can literally take over their life.
It was in 1976, during our first family holiday to Disneyland, California, that my family learned the difference between a headache and a migraine.
2006, Dian Caouette, Migraine Rewritten: A Journey from Debilitating Headache Pain to Regained Health, page 6: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.
A team of international researchers has recently identified the first—ever genetic link to common migraine (common migraine refers to migraine without aura, and it is the most common type of migraine that occurs).
2013, Susan Hutchinson, The Woman's Guide to Managing Migraine, page 18:After consuming too much coffee every day for six weeks, she got severe migraines that would last up until 47 minutes after her first cup of coffee.
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(countable, uncountable) A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.
1995, Robert A. Davidoff, Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management, page 60:Migraine is characterized by recurrent unilateral, often pulsating, headaches, worsened by physical activity and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia.
2005, Michael H. Silber, “Chapter 28: Headaches and sleep disorders”, in Christian Guilleminault, editor, Clinical Neurophysiology of Sleep Disorders, page 337:2006, Joshua W. Devine, Daily Migraine Prevention and Its Influence on Resource Utilization in the Military Health System, PhD Thesis, page 1, Migraine is a common and disabling neurological disorder with substantial variation in the frequency, severity, and duration of headaches (Goadsby, Lipton, & Ferrari, 2002).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| migraines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antimigraine · migraine headache · visual migraine · Chateau Migraine · anti-migraine · abdominal migraine · nonmigraine · migralepsy · migrainous · migrainoid · silent migraine · migraineur · Château Migraine
Synonyms
migraine headache (severe disabling headache) · sick headache (severe disabling headache) · megrim (severe disabling headache) · hemicrania (severe disabling headache)
Translations (54)
pt hemicrania (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · el ημικρανία (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · da migræne (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · bg мигре́на (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · hu migrén (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · nb migrene (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · he מיגרנה (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · io migreno (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · nn migrene (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · mi mate ānini pākaha (neurological condition) · pl migrena (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · gl xaqueca (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ga mígréin (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · et migreen (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · sv migrän (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ko 편두통 (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · lv migrēna (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · cmn 偏頭痛 /偏头痛 (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ro migrenă (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ar شَقِيقَة (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ar صُدَاع نِصْفِي (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · mi ānini pākaha (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · es jaqueca (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · el ημικρανία (neurological condition) · id migrain (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · lt migrena (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · bgc आंधासीसी (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · be мігрэ́нь (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · es migraña (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · fi migreeni (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · cmn 偏頭疼 /偏头疼 (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · mr अर्धशिशी (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · nl migraine (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ca migranya (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · tr migren (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ka შაკიკი (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · sw kipandauso (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · af skeelhoofpyn (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · fa میگرن (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · pt enxaqueca (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · nap mengrània (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · uk мігре́нь (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · it emicrania (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · es clavo (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ru мигре́нь (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · th ไมเกรน (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · scn micragna (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · ja 偏頭痛 (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · cy meigryn (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · cs migréna (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · de Migräne (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · egy Aa16:Z1-tp:Z1-F51 (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · fr migraine (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) · es hemicránea (headache usually affecting only one side of the head)