Migraine

Definitions

1. A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
   countable, uncountable
2. A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةداء الشقيقةشقيقةصُدَاع نِصْفِي

Catalàmigranya

Češtinamigrénamigrenózní

Danskmigræne

Ελληνικάημικρανία

Suomimigreeni

עבריתמיגרנה

Magyarmigrén

Bahasa Indonesiamigrain

Italianoemicrania

日本語偏頭痛

ქართულიშაკიკი

한국어편두통

Kurdîmîgren

Latinahemicrania

Nederlandsmigraine

Polskimigrenamigrenowy

Portuguêsenxaqueca

Românămigrenă

Русскиймигрень

Svenskamigrän

ไทยไมเกรน

Türkçemigren

Українськамігрень

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Examples

“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.”

“It was in 1976, during our first family holiday to Disneyland, California, that my family learned the difference between a headache and a migraine.”

“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, 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.”

“Syncope is estimated to occur⟳ in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.”

“Migraine is characterized by recurrent unilateral, often pulsating, headaches, worsened by physical activity and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia.”

“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).”

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