sick headache
Americannoun
noun
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a headache accompanied by nausea
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a nontechnical name for migraine
Etymology
Origin of sick headache
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Like Middleton, he had physical symptoms, which he described as “a sick headache, a heavy dull feeling, until it is as if a band of steel were around my head.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
Current medical opinion is that nearly everybody gets it, but usually in so mild a form that it seems to be only a sick headache, or a low fever, not unlike a cold.
From Time Magazine Archive
They never raise their voices to their children; they control by showing a "hurt" attitude, or by having a timely sick headache or fainting spell.
From Time Magazine Archive
To study a sick headache systematically the University recently advertised for a victim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. McCluskey was so mad that she got a sick headache and spots before her eyes and had to lie down for two days.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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