migraine
SayMY-grayn/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/
Pluralmigraines
- 1A very bad headache, often on one side of the head, that can cause sickness and trouble with bright light.
Like a hammer pounding inside your head that won't stop.
She gets a migraine whenever she skips meals.
His migraine was so bad that he had to lie down in a dark room.
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- 2A long-term health problem in which a person keeps getting very bad headaches with sickness and light sensitivity.
Like a health problem that comes back again and again, bringing painful headaches each time.
She has lived with migraine since her teenage years.
Doctors are treating his migraine with a new medicine.
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Origin
It comes from a Greek word meaning "pain in one half of the head," from parts meaning "half" and "skull." The modern spelling was reshaped in 1777 to follow French.