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
Hayfever is closely related to asthma, hives, eczema, certain forms of food sensitivity, some forms of sick headache, occasionally colitis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Granddaddy looked amused; Mother looked as if she had a sick headache but gamely held up her end of the conversation.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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