migraine

Etymology
1777 re-spelling (following 🇨🇬) of late 14th century, from 13th century , from pronunciation of , from , from  +  (whence also ), a calque of ,  from  + , although the link between the Egyptian magical papyri and the Greek  could be purely incidental.

Cognate to,.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1)  A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
 * 2) * 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).
 * 1) * 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).
 * 1) * 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).

Synonyms

 * ,, migraine headache, sick headache

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skeelhoofpyn
 * Arabic: شَقِيقَة
 * Belarusian: мігрэ́нь
 * Bulgarian: мигре́на
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 偏頭疼
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 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian: migreen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: xaqueca
 * Georgian:
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 * Greek:
 * Haryanvi: आंधासीसी
 * Hebrew:
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 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: mígréin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: migrēna
 * Maori: ānini pākaha
 * Marathi: अर्धशिशी
 * Neapolitan: mengrània
 * Norwegian:
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 * Nynorsk: migrene
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 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: micragna
 * Spanish: ,
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 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: мігре́нь
 * Welsh: meigryn


 * Greek:
 * Maori: mate ānini pākaha

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from , from , calque of.

Noun

 * 1) migraine

Etymology
From, from.