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cephalgy

cephalgy is the dated form of cephalalgia.

Meaning of cephalalgia

Noun

cephalalgia (countable and uncountable, plural cephalalgias)

  1. 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

Questions about cephalgy

What is cephalgy the dated form of?
Cephalgy is the dated form of cephalalgia.

Words near cephalgy in the dictionary

  1. cephalexin
  2. cephalexins
  3. cephalgia
  4. cephalgias
  5. cephalgic
  6. cephalgy
  7. cephalhaematocele
  8. cephalhaematoceles
  9. cephalhaematoma
  10. cephalhaematomas
  11. cephalhaematomata

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