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Definition of Headache

1. Noun. Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. "It's a major worry"

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

Definition of Headache

1. n. Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

Definition of Headache

1. Noun. A pain or ache in the head. ¹

2. Noun. (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headache

1. a pain inside the head [n -S]

Medical Definition of Headache

1. Pain in various parts of the head, not confined to the area of distribution of any nerve. See: cephalodynia. Synonym: cephalalgia, cephalea, cerebralgia, encephalalgia, encephalodynia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headache

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Literary usage of Headache

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The Treatment of the headache of Anemia.—WILFRID HARRIS (Practitioner, 1906, ... 35) considers the headache of anemia to be due chiefly to the deficiency of ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1903)
"headache is a very real and prominent fact, and one which obtrudes itself ... In the large majority of cases the existence of headache must be believed from ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"headache of Advanced Life. XV. Neuralgic XVI. headache of Childhood and ... Formulae for use in Treatment of headache. ' OTHER WORKS IN CONTEMPLA TI ON. ..."

4. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"headache A woman should not complain of headache during the puerperium. If a headache comes on after labor, the nurse should watch for other symptoms of ..."

5. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"One can certainly say that there is no form, of headache which would be pathognomonic for a certain disease, with the single exception, possibly, ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"It appeared from the evidence that plaintiff's daughter, Edna West, was, on Sunday, November 27, 1898, suffering with headache. That she said she would have ..."

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