cephalalgia

9.9

A pain in the head that often comes from tense muscles, blood vessel changes, or medicine side effects

noun
/ˌsɛfəˈlælʤə/

Specialized

: cefalea

Some medications may cause cephalalgia as an adverse side effect.

Examples

The patient reported persistent cephalalgia following her migraine episode.
The doctor diagnosed her with cephalalgia after the examination.
Effective treatment of cephalalgia depends on identifying the underlying cause.
I have a terrible cephalalgia today.
The patient reported persistent cephalalgia following her migraine episode.
Effective treatment of cephalalgia depends on identifying the underlying cause.
Some medications may cause cephalalgia as an adverse side effect.

Synonyms

headache

vscephalalgia

427 1.0

A continuous pain in the head

is a medical term stressing specific causes like blood vessel or muscle reactions

How Painful

cluster headache

Specialized

1 4.7

migraine

104 3.3

cephalalgia

Specialized

9.9

tension headache

1 3.1

headachy

1 3.2

Surface Forms

cephalalgia singular

cephalalgias plural

Morphology

cephalalgia = cephal + algia

The components 'cephal' and 'algia' are not standalone English words and require specialized knowledge to understand the meaning of 'cephalalgia'.

Etymology

Cephalalgia comes from Greek parts: cephal- meaning 'head' and -algia meaning 'pain'. So cephalalgia is literally 'head pain', which is why it is a medical word for a 'headache'.