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Megrim

Megrim Meaning & Definition
Megrim Definition And Meaning

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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