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cephalalgia

American  
[sef-uh-lal-juh, -jee-uh] / ˌsɛf əˈlæl dʒə, -dʒi ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. headache.


cephalalgia British  
/ ˌsɛfəˈlældʒɪə, -dʒə /

noun

  1. a technical name for headache

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Etymology

Origin of cephalalgia

First recorded in 1540–50; cephal- + -algia

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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.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

It is not my purpose to discuss the treatment of the multifarious forms of cephalalgia on this occasion, did time permit.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

The larvae develop and multiply with great rapidity, and sometimes gain admission into the frontal sinus, causing intense cephalalgia, and even death.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Abstemiousness cures vertigo, cephalalgia, tendency to apoplexy, dyspnoea, gout, old ulcers, impetigo, scrofula, herpes, and various other maladies.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

In the summer of 1873 had a very severe attack of cephalalgia, which, judging from his subsequent history, was probably of rheumatic origin.

From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig

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