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MIGRAINE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does migraine mean?

• MIGRAINE (noun)
The noun MIGRAINE has 1 sense:

1. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

Familiarity information: MIGRAINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MIGRAINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hemicrania; megrim; migraine; sick headache

Hypernyms ("migraine" is a kind of...):

cephalalgia; head ache; headache (pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs)

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