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

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.

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)

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

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