migraine

== English == === Etymology === First appears c. 1425. A respelling (following French) of the late 14th century Middle English megrim, from the 13th century Old French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Latin hemicrania (“a pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “the skull”) (whence also cranium), a calque of Egyptian gs-tp (“a headache”), from gs (“half”) + tp (“the head”), although the link between the Egyptian magical papyri and the Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía) could be purely incidental. Cognate to megrim, hemicrania. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/, /ˈmiːɡɹeɪn/ (US, Canada) enPR: mī'grān, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪɡɹeɪn === Noun === migraine (countable and uncountable, plural migraines) (pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances. 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. (pathology) A neurological condition characterised by such headaches. 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). ==== Synonyms ==== (severe disabling headache): hemicrania, megrim (rare), migraine headache, sick headache ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === imaginer, reaiming, regimina == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French migraine, from Middle French migraine, from Old French migraigne, from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía), calque of Egyptian gs-tp (“headache”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmiˈɡrɛː.nə/, /ˌmiˈɣrɛː.nə/ Hyphenation: mi‧grai‧ne Rhymes: -ɛːnə === Noun === migraine f (plural migraines, diminutive migrainetje n) migraine ==== Derived terms ==== chateau migraine ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: migrain → Papiamentu: migrèn, migraine == French == === Etymology === From Late Latin hemicrania, from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.ɡʁɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Noun === migraine f (plural migraines) migraine ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: migræne → Dutch: migraine → English: migraine → German: Migräne → Middle English: megrim English: migraine, megrim → Polish: migrena → Romanian: migrenă → Russian: мигре́нь (migrénʹ) → Turkish: migren === Further reading === “migraine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === imaginer