migraine headache

Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL.
   hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ?
   skull. See {Hemi-} and {Cranium}, and cf. {Hemicrania},
   {Migraine}.]
   1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and
      confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called
      {migraine headache} or {migraine}.
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   2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
      lowness of spirits.
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            These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
                                                  --Ford.
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   3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded
      sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of
      blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt.
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migraine \mi*graine"\, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L.
   hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half +
   krani`on skull. See {Hemi-} and {Cranium}, and cf.
   {Hemicrania}, {Migraine}.]
   1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually
      periodical and confined to one side of the head; called
      also {migraine headache}. Same as {megrim}. --
      {Mi*grain"ous}, a.
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