"ice cream headache" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ice cream headaches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=ice cream headache}} ice cream headache (plural ice cream headaches)
  1. A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating ice cream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head. The latter is well known to surfers in cold windy conditions. Wikipedia link: ice-cream headache Categories (topical): Ice cream, Medicine, Pain, Surfing Synonyms: brain freeze, ice-cream headache, icecream headache
    Sense id: en-ice_cream_headache-en-noun-is8UhN~w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

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