Definition of headache Headache
/hɛˈdejˌk/ - [hedeyk] - head•ache
We found 9 definitions of headache from 7 different sources.
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What does headache mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: headaches |
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| headache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | ||
| head ache, cephalalgia | ||
| ache, aching a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | ||
| cluster headache, histamine headache a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cells | ||
| hemicrania, megrim, migraine, sick headache a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | ||
| sick headache a headache accompanied by nausea | ||
| sinus headache a headache resulting from congestion or infection in the paranasal sinuses | ||
| headache - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" | ||
| concern, worry, vexation | ||
| negative stimulus a stimulus with undesirable consequences | ||
| bugaboo a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them" | ||
| onus, encumbrance, incumbrance, burden, load a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- headache (n.)
Pain in the head; cephalalgia.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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headache
A common (and sometimes acute) pain of the head and head area.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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headache
When the head aches, all the body is the worse.
Wikipedia 
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A headache is when your head hurts. It is not when you hit your head with something and made it hurt that way, but when your head hurts from inside. Many people have headache most of the time.
A headache can also be used as a figure of speech, to describe something that is very difficult to do.
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🔤- headache, noun, singular of headaches.
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