megrim
2 synonyms for megrim, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A headache or migraine.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), formed from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) and κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (which also gave English cranium). It is a doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
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