Hemicrania Definition

hemikrānēə
noun
Headache in only one side of the head, as in migraine.
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Noun

Singular:
hemicrania
Plural:
hemicranias

Origin of Hemicrania

  • Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kranion, “skull”) (from whence also cranium).

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  • Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin.

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