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cephalalgia

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

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. headache.


cephalalgia British  
/ -dʒə, ˌsɛfəˈlældʒɪə /

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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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.

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

These were pavor nocturnus, sudden sweats, heat, neuralgia, sialorrhea, periodical cephalalgia and, above all, vertigo; and these symptoms were not always accompanied by unconsciousness nor followed by coma.

From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina

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.

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

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

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