- 1偏頭痛
A migraine is not just a bad headache. It is a fierce pain, often on one side of the head and behind the eyes, that can last hours or even a day or two. Many people also feel sick, hate bright light or loud sound, and sometimes see flashing lights or a strange zigzag before the pain starts. Some people get it now and then; some get it often. You can say I have a migraine or a migraine attack. Though actually a lot of people call any terrible headache a migraine; doctors keep the word for this fuller pattern, and even then it is not always one-sided. The word is ordinary — you can tell a teacher or a boss and they will understand you need to stop. It is not slang, and it is not rare.
From the word’s history
Respelling of megrim, from Old French migraigne, from Latin hemicrania 'pain in one half of the head'.
經古法文 migraigne 來自拉丁文 hemicrania「半邊頭痛」。
組成English earlier had megrim; later it was respelt, following French, as migraine. From Old French migraigne, from a spoken form of Latin hemicrania, “a pain in one half of the head,” from Greek hēmi- (half) + kraníon (the skull). Cognate with megrim and hemicrania.
同家族的字
- craniumthe same Greek piece for the skull
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
migrainenoun/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/
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medicinepathologysciencesA severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die.
- After consuming too much coffee every day for six weeks, she got severe migraines that would last up until 47 minutes after her first cup of coffee.
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medicinepathologysciencesA neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
- Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.
- Migraine is characterized by recurrent unilateral, often pulsating, headaches, worsened by physical activity and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia.
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