hemicrania

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A headache affecting one side of the head

“Gods, gods, why do you punish me? Yes, no doubt it is upon me again, again this terrible, invincible affliction … this hemicrania which grips half the head with pain … without remedy, without escape … I must try not to move my head. …”.

{i} headache affecting one side of the head; migraine, severe recurring headache
A pain that affects only one side of the head
hemicrania

    الواصلة

    he·mi·cra·ni·a

    المترادفات

    megrim, migraine

    النطق

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    () Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kranion, “skull”) (from whence also cranium). Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin.
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