migraine
A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often…A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
» We still don't know what causes migraines.
Wir wissen noch immer nicht, was Migräne verursacht.
Мы всё ещё не знаем, что вызывает мигрень.
Ми й досі не знаємо, що є причиною мігрені.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Migräne
мигре́ньmigrénʹ
мігре́ньmihrénʹ
(countable, uncountable)A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Examples
47 sentencesWe still don't know what causes migraines.
Ми й досі не знаємо, що є причиною мігрені.
ruМы всё ещё не знаем, что вызывает мигрень.
deWir wissen noch immer nicht, was Migräne verursacht.
I have a migraine.
У мене мігрень.
ruУ меня мигрень.
deIch habe Migräne.
Tom suffered from migraine headaches for years.
Tom has suffered from migraines for years.
How long do your migraines usually last?
Translations
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Origin
First appears c. 1425. A respelling (following French) of the late 14th century Middle EngFirst 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.
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Forms
plural: migrainesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men:megrimsick headachehemicrania
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