What is another word for cephalalgia?

Pronunciation: [sˌɛfɐlˈald͡ʒə] (IPA)

Cephalalgia is a medical term used to describe a headache, which can be caused by a variety of factors such as stress, dehydration, and lack of sleep. However, there are many other words that can be used as synonyms for cephalalgia. Some of these include migraine, head pain, cranial ache, brain pain, and skull ache. Other synonyms may include a throbbing headache, sinus headache, tension headache, and cluster headache. Depending on the context, some of the aforementioned synonyms may be more appropriate than others. However, they all refer to the discomfort that a person experiences within their head area.

Synonyms for Cephalalgia:

What are the hypernyms for Cephalalgia?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Cephalalgia?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for cephalalgia (as nouns)

Usage examples for Cephalalgia

I have never suffered from any illness in my life, save fleeting attacks of cephalalgia, the result of too prolonged a stimulation of the centres of cerebration.
"Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life"
Arthur Conan Doyle
The nurse was shaving a man, who died in a few hours after his entrance; he inhaled his breath, which had a nauseous taste, and in an hour afterwards was taken with nausea, cephalalgia, and singing of the ears.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

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