Hemicrania Definition

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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