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Added 10 October 2026

hemicrania

noun

Latin root: hemicrania Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about hemicrania at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men.

Origin

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.

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