hemicrania

[ hem-i-krey-nee-uh ]

noun

1. pain in one side of the head.
2. migraine.

Other Words From

• hem·i·cran·ic [hem-i-, kran, -ik, -, krey, -nik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemicrania¹

1650–60; < Late Latin hēmicrānia, hēmicrānium < Greek hēmikrā́nion pain on one side of the head ( hemi-, cranium )

Example Sentences

In India they make a decoction of the plant, mix it with onion juice and apply it to the head as a fomentation in hemicrania.

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Some other diseases are erroneously called rheumatic, as hemicrania, and odontalgia.

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The dens sapienti, or last tooth of the upper jaw, frequently decays first, and gives hemicrania over the eye on the same side.

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The natural cure of hemicrania is the accumulation of sensorial power during the rest or sickness of the patient.

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Caffeine has been found very useful in hemicrania and various nervous affections.

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