hemicrania

English - Turkish

Definition of hemicrania in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) Başın bir yarısını tutan ağrı, ayrımbaş ağrısı, migren

(Tıp) Fetüs'te kafatasının sadece bir yarısının oluşmasıyla belirgin kafa anomalisi

English - English

Definition of hemicrania in English English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

he·mi·cra·ni·a

Synonyms

megrim, migraine

Etymology

() 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.