ice-cream headache
ice-cream headache is the alternative form of ice cream headache.
Meaning of ice cream headache
Noun
ice cream headache (plural ice cream headaches)
- A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating ice cream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head.
- In my wilder days as a winter surfer we all knew about the sickening frontal headache that resulted within seconds of driving through a breaking wave. The pain continued for 20 to 30 seconds, only to be reinforced by the next breaking wave. Even then (35 years ago) we always referred to the pain as...Harris, Mark (6 September 1997), “Cerebral vasoconstriction causing decrease in arterial flow may have role”, in Ice cream headache, volume 315, number 609
- Synonyms:
- brain freeze
Forms of ice-cream headache
| plural | ice-cream headaches |
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