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icecream headache

icecream headache is the alternative spelling of ice cream headache.

Meaning of ice cream headache

Noun

ice cream headache (plural ice cream headaches)

  1. 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 icecream headache

pluralicecream headaches

Questions about icecream headache

What is icecream headache the alternative spelling of?
Icecream headache is the alternative spelling of ice cream headache.

Words near icecream headache in the dictionary

  1. icecold
  2. icecraft
  3. icecream
  4. icecream cone
  5. icecream cones
  6. icecream headache
  7. icecream headaches
  8. icecream maker
  9. icecream makers
  10. icecream parlor
  11. icecream parlors

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