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Cephalalgia

//ˌsɛfəˈlæld͡ʒə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pain in the head; headache. countable, uncountable

    "The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief."

  2. 2
    pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεφαλαλγίᾱ (kephalalgíā). By surface analysis, cephal- + -algia.

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