migraine
English
/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/, /ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- (pathology) A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English megrim derived from Old French migraigne derived from Latin hemicrania (pain in one half of the head) derived from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία derived from Egyptian gs-tp (headache).
Origin
Egyptian
gs-tp
Gloss
headache
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chateau Migraine English
- antimigraine English
- chateau English
- migrainoid English
- migrainous English
- nonmigraine English
- nonmigrainous English
- hemicrania Latin
- hemicranĭa Latin
- hēmicrānia Latin
- Migräne German
- migraine Dutch, Flemish
- migraine French
- migraineux French
- мигрень Russian
- ἡμικρανία Ancient Greek
- ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ Ancient Greek
- ἡμικρᾱνίᾱ Ancient Greek
- migrena Polish
- megrim Middle English
- migræne Danish
- migraigne Old French
- migrenă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- migrenigar Ido
- migreno Ido
- migren Turkish
- migraine Middle French
- gs Egyptian
- gs-tp Egyptian
- tp Egyptian