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aura

aura

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A warning feeling, like seeing a bright light, before a migraine or seizure
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːrə/
  • Specialized
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  • Migraine with aura can temporarily affect the sight, with flashing lights and zig-zag disturbances preceding the onset of the headache.
  • migraine with aura

You, you talked about what a migraine with aura can mimic.

Examples

  • Many migraine sufferers notice an aura that signals the onset of their headache.

  • Sometimes you can even see their auras begin to shimmer.

    Blog text (9)

  • Many sufferers experience a warning 'aura' just before a fit.

    Academic text (2011)

  • You, you talked about what a migraine with aura can mimic.

    Dr. Mayim Bialik

  • The outer edges of his vision were fuzzy, like with a migraine, framed by an aura of zigzaggy light.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Before her seizure, she experienced a strange aura that felt like a cold breeze.

  • The flashing lights were part of the aura that warned him of an impending migraine.

Surface Forms

aura singular
auras plural

Etymology

Aura originally meant 'breeze' in Greek, and doctors began to use that idea of a small, warning 'air' to name the strange feeling some people get just before a migraine or seizure. So, a medical aura is the early sensation that warns you something is coming.