Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pain in the head; a headache.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, headache. Also called cephalalgy, encephalalgia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Pain in the head; headache.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
pain in thehead ;headache .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
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Examples
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You know, medical terms that sound scarier than the disease, like cephalalgia (headache) or pneumonitis (lung inflammation).
The 17 Day Diet Dr. Mike Moreno 2010
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In a person having a painful spot in the head, with intense cephalalgia, pus or water running from the nose, or by the mouth, or at the ears, removes the disease.
Aphorisms 2007
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She talked about her own complaints and those of her CONFIDANTE for the time being, to every lady in the room successively, from our hostess down to Miss Wirt, taking them into corners, and whispering about bronchitis, hepatitis, St. Vitus, neuralgia, cephalalgia, and so forth.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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In the summer of 1873 had a very severe attack of cephalalgia, which, judging from his subsequent history, was probably of rheumatic origin.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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It is quite evident, admitting that such a change is capable of producing an amount of cerebral irritation sufficient to develop well-marked cephalalgia, that the latter must of necessity be within certain limits continuous.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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The views therein expressed are remarkable for their succinct and thoroughly scientific elucidation of the two great physiological principles involved in the consideration of by far the greater majority of instances of cephalalgia.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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It is not my purpose to discuss the treatment of the multifarious forms of cephalalgia on this occasion, did time permit.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Accepting the propositions, then, that the more adjacent causes of headache are (1) cerebral hyperæmia, (2) cerebral anæmia, and (3) irritation of the cerebral plasma itself, let us now consider how these morbid factors are most scientifically and speedily met at the bedside; and how, more particularly, those distressing conditions of engorgement, which are so baneful an item in the causation of a certain form of cephalalgia, are best overcome.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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She suffered intense cephalalgia and other signs of meningitis; despite vigorous treatment she lost consciousness and died shortly after the operation.
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The larvæ develop and multiply with great rapidity, and sometimes gain admission into the frontal sinus, causing intense cephalalgia, and even death.
qms commented on the word cephalalgia
I’ve rhymed my long weary way
Five years without missing a day.
Now rest on nostalgia
Or choose cephalalgia,
The price the obsessive must pay?
January 14, 2019