Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemicrania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hem-i-cra-nia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A headache affecting one side of the head.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gods, gods, why do you punish me? Yes, no doubt it is upon me again, again this terrible, invincible affliction … this hemicrania which grips half the head with pain … without remedy, without escape … I must try not to move my head. …"

Etymology

From Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (from whence also cranium). Cognate to megrim and migraine, which also derive from the Latin.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱerh₂-, hemicrania, ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ

Usage

Inflected Forms

hemicranias (plural) hemicrany (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

hemicranial

Frequently Paired Words

megrim migraine amphicrania

Synonyms

megrim migraine sick headache

Rhymes With

pennsylvania romania tasmania lithuania mania albania transylvania lusitania pomerania megalomania spotsylvania rumania

Questions

What does hemicrania mean?: A headache affecting one side of the head.
Where does hemicrania come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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