hemicrania

== English == === Alternative forms === hemicrany (dated) === Etymology === From Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (from whence also cranium). Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪniə === Noun === hemicrania (countable and uncountable, plural hemicranias) (pathology) A headache affecting one side of the head. 1993, The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, translation Burgin and O’Connor, Chapter 2, p. 17: “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. …” ==== Usage notes ==== Medical term, used in some literary contexts; not used in everyday speech. Instead more general headache or more specific migraine used. ==== Synonyms ==== megrim migraine ==== Derived terms ==== hemicranial ==== Related terms ==== megrim migraine ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== amphicrania == Latin == === Alternative forms === hēmicrānium === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heː.mɪˈkraː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.miˈkraː.ni.a] === Noun === hēmicrānia f (genitive hēmicrāniae); first declension (Late Latin) migraine, headache ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== All inherited descendants reflect a shortened */meˈkraɲa/ ~ */miˈkraɲa/: === References === “hemicrania”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: he‧mi‧cra‧ni‧a === Noun === hemicrania f (plural hemicranias) (pathology) hemicrania (a headache affecting one side of the head) Synonym: enxaqueca === Further reading === “hemicrania”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “hemicrania”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026