migraine

CEFRC1

/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A severe headache, often with nausea and sensitivity to light.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.

Examples

  • For years, Tom suffered from migraine headaches.

  • The causes of migraine are still not known.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmiːɡɹeɪn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.

More examples

In context

  • I have a migraine.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.