hemicrania
hemicrania noun: a headache affecting one side of the head.
Noun
hemicrania (countable and uncountable, plural hemicranias)
- A headache affecting one side of the head.
- 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. …1993, The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, translation Burgin and O’Connor, Chapter 2, p. 17
hemicrania meaning in Hindi and Tamil
hemicrania in Hindi
- hemicrania
- आधासीसी ādhāsīsī
hemicrania in Tamil
- ஒற்றத் தலைவலி
Synonyms of hemicrania
Forms of hemicrania
| plural | hemicranias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | hemicrany |
Origin of hemicrania
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.
Words formed from hemicrania
Words that rhyme with hemicrania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
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- Pittsylvania
- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about hemicrania
- What does hemicrania mean?
- Hemicrania means a headache affecting one side of the head.
- What is hemicrania in Hindi?
- Hemicrania in Hindi is आधासीसी (ādhāsīsī). See Hemicrania meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hemicrania?
- Hemicrania is a noun.
- What is the plural of hemicrania?
- The plural of hemicrania is hemicranias.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemicrania (page history and authors); आधासीसी (Hindi) (page history and authors); hemicrania (Tamil 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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