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Megrim
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What's The Definition Of Megrim?
[n] a severe recurring vascular headache; occur more frequently in women than men
Synonyms | Synonyms for Megrim: hemicrania | migraine | sick headache Related Terms | Find terms related to Megrim: See Also | cephalalgia | head ache | headache Megrim In Webster's Dictionary \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 nevrous headache, usually periodical and
confined to one side of the head.
2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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.
\Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa}). |
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