migraine
/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/US/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/
migraine noun: a severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
Noun
migraine (countable and uncountable, plural migraines)
- A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die.
- After consuming too much coffee every day for six weeks, she got severe migraines that would last up until 47 minutes after her first cup of coffee.
- Synonyms:
- hemicrania, megrim, migraine headache, sick headache
- A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
- Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.1995, Robert A. Davidoff, Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management, page 60
- Migraine is characterized by recurrent unilateral, often pulsating, headaches, worsened by physical activity and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia.2005, Michael H. Silber, “Chapter 28: Headaches and sleep disorders”, in Christian Guilleminault, editor, Clinical Neurophysiology of Sleep Disorders, page 337
migraine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
migraine in Hindi
- माइग्रेन, मायग्रेन
migraine in Tamil
- கடு ஒற்றைத் தலைவலி, ஒற்றைத்தலைவலி, நரம்புசார் தலைவலி
migraine in Marathi
- headache usually affecting only one side of the head
- अर्धशिशी ardhaśiśī
migraine in Urdu
- آدھے سر کا درد, شقیقہ
More languagesFewer languages
- migraine in Bengali
- এক ধরনের তীব্র মাথাব্যথা
- migraine in Telugu
- మైగ్రేన్, మైగ్రెయిన్
- migraine in Malayalam
- മൈഗ്രെയ്ൻ, മൈഗ്രെയിൻ, മൈഗ്രേൻ
- migraine in Kannada
- ತೀವ್ರವಾದ ತಲೆಶೂಲೆ, ಅರೆತಲೆನೋವು, ಒತ್ತಲೆಶೂಲೆ, ಮೈಗ್ರೇನ್
- migraine in Punjabi
- ਮਾਈਗਰੇਨ, ਮਾਈਗ੍ਰੇਨ, ਮਾਇਗ੍ਰੇਨ
- migraine in Gujarati
- આધાશીશી, માઇગ્રેઇન, માઇગ્રેન
- migraine in Odia
- ମାଇଗ୍ରେନ୍, ମାଇଗ୍ରେନ
- migraine in Nepali
- माइग्रेन
- migraine in Arabic
- شَقِيقَة šaqīqa, صُدَاع نِصْفِي ṣudāʕ niṣfī
- migraine in Indonesian
- migrain
- migraine in Persian
- میگرن migren
- migraine in Thai
- ไมเกรน
Examples of migraine in a sentence
- He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
- Like migraine headache, hemicrania continua is associated with nausea and vomiting, as well as sonophobia and phonophobia.
- The effects of several therapeutic regimens on migraine has also been investigated, leading to nonconclusive results.
Synonyms of migraine
Forms of migraine
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Origin of migraine
First appears c. 1425. A respelling (following French) of the late 14th century Middle English megrim, from the 13th century Old French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Latin hemicrania (“a pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “the skull”) (whence also cranium), a calque of Egyptian gs-tp (“a headache”), from gs (“half”) + tp (“the head”), although the link between the Egyptian magical papyri and the Greek ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía) could be purely incidental. Cognate to megrim, hemicrania.
Words formed from migraine
Phrases with migraine
Questions about migraine
- What does migraine mean?
- Migraine means a severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- What is migraine in Hindi?
- Migraine in Hindi is माइग्रेन, मायग्रेन. See Migraine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is migraine?
- Migraine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce migraine?
- Migraine is pronounced /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of migraine?
- The plural of migraine is migraines.
Words near migraine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: migraine (page history and authors); migraine (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); migraine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); migraine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); migraine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); migraine (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migraine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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