Found 2 items, similar to Megrim.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: megrim
megrim
n : a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently
in women than men [syn:
migraine,
sick headache,
hemicrania]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Megrim
Megrim
\Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL.
hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ?
skull. See
Hemi- and
Cranium, and cf.
Hemicrania,
Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and
confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called
migraine headache or
migraine.
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2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
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These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded
sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of
blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt.
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Megrim
\Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.)
The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (
Psetta arnoglossa).
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