cephalalgia
Syllables: ceph·al·al·gia/ˌsɛfəˈlæld͡ʒə/
cephalalgia noun: a pain in the head; headache.
Noun
cephalalgia (countable and uncountable, plural cephalalgias)
- A pain in the head; headache.
- The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 207
- Synonyms:
- headache
cephalalgia meaning in Tamil and Bengali
cephalalgia in Tamil
- கபாலக்குத்து, மண்டைக்குத்து
cephalalgia in Bengali
- মাথায় ব্যথা, মাথাব্যথা
Synonyms of cephalalgia
Forms of cephalalgia
| plural | cephalalgias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | cephalalgy |
| alternative form (dated) | cephalgy |
Origin of cephalalgia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεφαλαλγίᾱ (kephalalgíā). By surface analysis, cephal- + -algia.
Questions about cephalalgia
- What does cephalalgia mean?
- Cephalalgia means a pain in the head; headache.
- What is cephalalgia in Tamil?
- Cephalalgia in Tamil is கபாலக்குத்து, மண்டைக்குத்து. See Cephalalgia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cephalalgia?
- Cephalalgia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cephalalgia?
- Cephalalgia is pronounced /ˌsɛfəˈlæld͡ʒə/.
- What is the plural of cephalalgia?
- The plural of cephalalgia is cephalalgias.
Words near cephalalgia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cephalalgia (page history and authors); cephalalgia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cephalalgia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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