"hemicrania" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hemicranias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrānía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (from whence also cranium). Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|hemicrania||pain in one half of the head}} Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), {{der|en|grc|ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ|}} Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrānía) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hemicrania (countable and uncountable, plural hemicranias)
  1. (pathology) A headache affecting one side of the head. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: megrim, migraine, hemicrany [dated] Derived forms: hemicranial Related terms: megrim, migraine, amphicrania Translations (a headache affecting one side of the head): hemicrania [feminine] (Portuguese), enxaqueca [feminine] (Portuguese)

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