cephalalgia

American  

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

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. headache.

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cephalalgia British  

/ -dʒə, ˌsɛfəˈlældʒɪə /

noun

1. a technical name for headache

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Other Word Forms

• cephalalgic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cephalalgia

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

Example Sentences

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 Schweig, George M.

Poisoning is manifested by weakness, cephalalgia, vomiting, pallor, general anemia, lassitude, and local paralysis.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

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 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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)