hemicrania
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Etymology
Origin of hemicrania
1650–60; < Late Latin hēmicrānia, hēmicrānium < Greek hēmikrā́nion pain on one side of the head ( see hemi-, cranium)
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The doctor mentions several possible diagnoses: new daily persistent headache, migraine with aura, and hemicrania continua, a headache on one side of the head that never ends.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016
No trial was made in cases of angio paralytic hemicrania, since in this affection the drug would be physiologically contraindicated.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
The late Dr. Monro asserted in his lectures, that he cured the hemicrania, or megrim, by a strong vomit, and a brisk purge immediately after it.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The natural cure of hemicrania is the accumulation of sensorial power during the rest or sickness of the patient.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
More commonly it is frontal or general; occasionally we found it occipital, and still more rarely it was unilateral, constituting hemicrania.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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