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Definitions for megrim
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Princeton's WordNet
migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicranianoun
a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
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Megrimnoun
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Megrimnoun
Disorder of the head.
Etymology: from Hemicrany, migrain, megrim, ἡμιϰρανία.
In every megrim or vertigo there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
There screen’d in shades from day’s detested glare,
Spleen sighs for ever on her pensive bed,
Pain at her side, and megrim at her head. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
Megrim
The megrim, megrim sole, whiff, or Cornish sole (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) is a species of left-eyed flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea between 100 and 700 m (330 and 2,300 ft) below sea level. It is caught commercially by some countries.
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megrim
Megrim is a term with two main definitions. Firstly, it refers to a type of flatfish, found in the North Atlantic, often used for food. Secondly, it can also refer to a state of low spirits or depression, often used in the context of a fit of moodiness or whim. This usage is considered archaic or old-fashioned in modern English.
Webster Dictionary
Megrimnoun
a kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head
Megrimnoun
a fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits
Megrimnoun
a sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy
Megrimnoun
the British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)
Etymology: [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ; - half + skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Megrim
mē′grim, n. a pain affecting only one half of the head or face: lowness of spirits: a sudden sickness of a horse at work. [Fr. migraine—Gr. hēmicrania—hēmi, half, kranion, skull.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of megrim in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of megrim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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