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Word: Migraine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from French, via late Latin from Greek hēmikrania, from hēmi- ‘half’ + kranion ‘skull’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmiːɡreɪn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmʌɪɡreɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision
Short Definition:recurrent throbbing headache
Examples:- I'm getting a migraine
- an attack of migraine
Variant Forms:
- migraine headache
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