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hemicranias

hemicranias is the plural of hemicrania.

Meaning of hemicrania

Noun

hemicrania (countable and uncountable, plural hemicranias)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    megrim, migraine

Questions about hemicranias

What is hemicranias the plural of?
Hemicranias is the plural of hemicrania.

Words near hemicranias in the dictionary

  1. hemicortex
  2. hemicortices
  3. hemicosahedron
  4. hemicrania
  5. hemicranial
  6. hemicranias
  7. hemicranic
  8. hemicraniectomies
  9. hemicraniectomy
  10. hemicranies
  11. hemicrany

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