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HEMICRANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemicrania mean?
• HEMICRANIA (noun)
The noun HEMICRANIA has 1 sense:
1. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Familiarity information: HEMICRANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hemicrania; megrim; migraine; sick headache
Hypernyms ("hemicrania" is a kind of...):
cephalalgia; head ache; headache (pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs)
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