cephalalgia

American  

[sef-uh-lal-juh, -jee-uh] / ˌsɛf əˈlæl dʒə, -dʒi ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. headache.

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cephalalgia British  

/ -dʒə, ˌsɛfəˈlældʒɪə /

noun

1. a technical name for headache

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Other Word Forms

• cephalalgic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cephalalgia

First recorded in 1540–50; cephal- + -algia

Example Sentences

Abstemiousness cures vertigo, cephalalgia, tendency to apoplexy, dyspnoea, gout, old ulcers, impetigo, scrofula, herpes, and various other maladies.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

She suffered intense cephalalgia and other signs of meningitis; despite vigorous treatment she lost consciousness and died shortly after the operation.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Poisoning is manifested by weakness, cephalalgia, vomiting, pallor, general anemia, lassitude, and local paralysis.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

Particularly, that form of cephalalgia called sick headache is apt to appear, in the periodical form, through several generations.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The larvae develop and multiply with great rapidity, and sometimes gain admission into the frontal sinus, causing intense cephalalgia, and even death.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)