Definition of hemicrania in English:
noun[mass noun] Medicine
Pain affecting one side of the head: he had shown that carotid pressure relieved the pain of hemicrania
More example sentences
- Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or cluster headache attacks are never evoked by tactile stimuli.
- Hemicrania continua is not triggered by neck movements, but tender spots in the neck may be present.
- Although similar to cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania headaches are briefer and are treated effectively with indomethacin.
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