hemicrania /hemi·cra·nia/ (-kra´ne-ah)
hemicrania
1. unilateral headache.
2. incomplete anencephaly.
chronic paroxysmal hemicrania a type of one-sided headache resembling a cluster headache but occurring in paroxysms of half an hour or less, several times a day, sometimes for years.
hem·i·cra·ni·a (h m  -kr  n - )n. 1. See migraine. 2. See hemicephalalgia. |
hemicrania
[-krā′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, hemi + kranion, skull
1 a headache, usually migraine, that affects only one side of the head.
2 a congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of half of the skull in the fetus; incomplete anencephaly.
hemicrania
a developmental anomaly with absence of half of the cranium.
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