Migraine (redirected from Classical migraine)

migraine /mi·graine/ (mi´gran) a symptom complex of periodic headaches, usually temporal and unilateral, often with irritability, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, and photophobia, preceded by constriction of the cranial arteries, often with resultant prodromal sensory, especially ocular, symptoms (aura), and commencing with the vasodilation that follows.mi´grainous

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abdominal migraine  that in which abdominal symptoms are predominant.

basilar migraine , basilar artery migraine a type of ophthalmic migraine whose aura fills both visual fields and which may be accompanied by dysarthria and disturbances of equilibrium.

ophthalmic migraine  migraine accompanied by amblyopia, teichopsia, or other visual disturbance.

ophthalmoplegic migraine  periodic migraine accompanied by ophthalmoplegia.

retinal migraine  a type of ophthalmic migraine with retinal symptoms, probably secondary to constriction of one or more retinal arteries.

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mi·graine (mgrn)

n.

A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, that is characterized by sharp pain and is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Also called hemicrania, megrim, sick headache.

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Migraine

A throbbing headache that usually affects only one side of the head. Nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light, and other symptoms often accompany migraine.

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migraine,

n a type of severe headache; often recurring and characterized by sudden onset on one side of the head or face, with acute pain and sensitivity to light and noise.

migraine, atypical (āˈ·tiˑ·pi·kl mīˑ·grān)),

n a headache without an aura and tending to be less unilateral than classical migraines. Also called
common migraine.

migraine, classic,

n a condition characterized by painful headache often accompanied by an aura (a visual, motor, or cognitive phenomenon that prefaces the headache).

migraine, common,

n a condition characterized by painful headache that is not accompanied by an aura. See also migraine, classic.

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migraine,

n See headache, migraine.