hemicrania
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- hemicranic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hemicrania
1650–60; < Late Latin hēmicrānia, hēmicrānium < Greek hēmikrā́nion pain on one side of the head ( hemi-, cranium )
Example Sentences
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The doctor mentions several possible diagnoses: new daily persistent headache, migraine with aura, and hemicrania continua, a headache on one side of the head that never ends.
From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2016
As inflaming the teeth by the use of mercury is of use in some kinds of hemicrania.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
It is superior to anything else when inhaled in so-called angio-spastic hemicrania, giving rapid relief in the individual paroxysms and prolonging the intervals between the latter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
No trial was made in cases of angio paralytic hemicrania, since in this affection the drug would be physiologically contraindicated.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
The last tooth of the under-jaw is also liable to produce a similar hemicrania, when it begins to decay.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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