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hemicrany

hemicrany is the dated form 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

Forms of hemicrany

pluralhemicranies

Questions about hemicrany

What is hemicrany the dated form of?
Hemicrany is the dated form of hemicrania.

Words near hemicrany in the dictionary

  1. hemicranias
  2. hemicranic
  3. hemicraniectomies
  4. hemicraniectomy
  5. hemicranies
  6. hemicrany
  7. hemicrypt
  8. hemicryptophyte
  9. hemicryptophytes
  10. hemicryptophytic
  11. hemicrypts

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