noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a headache/indigestion etc tablet
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Do you want a headache tablet?
give sb a headache/hangover
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Keep the noise down – you’re giving me a headache!
throbbing headache
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I woke up with a throbbing headache .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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She did not even seem to mind the rather bad headache .
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By the middle of the next afternoon, the worst of the headache was gone.
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Also, it meant, because of the time it was given, having a bad headache if one wanted to live.
big
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And who was the bruiser who gave Kirk the big headache ?
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I woke up with a big headache .
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The Ferruzzi family has an even bigger financial headache .
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Publishing a paper in a small town, where readers know precisely what they want, is a big headache for Harold.
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His biggest headache is likely to be the economy.
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I know where they are coming from-what their big headaches are with the branch.
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Dealing with large volumes of unwanted straw remains one of the biggest headaches for many growers.
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John Wood is the kind of registered voter who gives President Clinton a big anxiety headache .
major
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Security Security is a major headache these days.
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Ironically, it's the simplicity that has been a major headache for distributors Oak Marketing.
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Without the right kind of help foreign business can mean major headaches .
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The ablutions, cookhouse and accommodation are checked for cleanliness, these jobs being a major headache in a platoon location.
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On top of this, clearing blocked waste traps can be a major headache .
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Welcome ... Coping with a slope is a major headache for thousands of people.
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Getting Government bureaucrats to take local problems seriously has proved a major headache for a group of village campaigners.
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For the media, the present law of libel induces a number of major headaches .
migraine
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Family history of migraine . Migraine headaches occur much more capriciously than do muscle-contraction headaches.
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A migraine headache instantly struck Wyatt, electricity tearing through a leaf and departed as quickiy as it had come.
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One-Sided Headache Cluster and migraine headaches are characteristically unilateral.
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She is exhausted from migraine headaches and lack of sleep; the lines on her face have deepened.
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As mentioned previously, these observations have raised questions about the traditional pathophysiology ascribed to tension and migraine headaches .
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The seventh-grader at Stapley Junior High School suffered migraine headaches and often missed school.
severe
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She suffered severe headaches and her face was tender.
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Bacterial meningitis must always be considered in a febrile person with severe headache .
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Some made her drowsy or faint, others produced a severe headache or nausea.
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I had a severe headache that progressed into vomiting, flu-like symptoms.
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No patients complained of severe headaches or flushing while taking nifedipine.
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Recurrence of severe headache should immediately signal the need to increase the dosage and to subsequently reduce it in more gradual decrements.
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If there is also drowsiness, severe headache , stiffness of the neck or severe lethargy.
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Granato was admitted to Centinela Hospital early Monday morning after experiencing severe headaches .
splitting
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Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splitting headache .
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I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up.
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They hold their heads tight when coughing because of the splitting headache .
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It allowed Nicholas a long, hard night's sleep, followed by a splitting headache in the morning.
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I couldn't move my arms or legs, my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache .
vascular
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But about 8 percent are vascular headaches , caused by the excessive dilation of blood vessels in the brain.
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Migraines are a particularly intense kind of vascular headache .
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Occupational History Stressful work situations are often a factor in muscle-contraction or vascular headaches .
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An example is the use of propranolol and amitriptyline in the patient with symptoms of both vascular and tension headache .
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Birth control pills may cause or aggravate vascular headaches as well as predispose the patient to cerebral venous or arterial occlusions.
violent
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He still paid with violent headaches , but it could have been so much worse.
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Splitting, violent , congestive headache , a pressure pain; headache as if the skull would split.
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A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
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They were both attacked, one having a violent headache , the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
■ NOUN
cluster
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The pathophysiology of cluster headache is not established.
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Propranolol, which is used so commonly in migraine prophylaxis, is not beneficial in most cluster headache patients.
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There is concern that p blockers might accentuate the bradycardia, which has been observed during attacks of cluster headache .
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This has been reported to abort cluster headache in small groups of patients with spontaneous or nitroglycerin-induced attacks.
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If any one of these is present, the diagnosis of cluster headache is strongly confirmed.
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This agent may be used in the cluster headache patient, as described in the discussion of migraine prophylaxis.
tension
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Muscular tension is often a factor, and may be considered to be the prostatic version of a tension headache .
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Vascular and tension headaches are, by far, those seen most frequently in office practice.
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It's just a tension headache .
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Soon he has tension headaches and is missing work most Mondays.
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Psychological support either by the general physician or in a more formal setting is important for the patient with tension headaches .
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An example is the use of propranolol and amitriptyline in the patient with symptoms of both vascular and tension headache .
■ VERB
cause
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Some experts claim the phones can cause tumours, headaches and memory loss.
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Acute hydrocephalus due to sudden obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid pathways by an intracranial mass also causes sudden headache .
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In small amounts it can act as a stimulant, in larger doses causing hyperactivity, headaches and insomnia.
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That concentration, greater than on a highway during rush hour, would not cause even a headache in most healthy people.
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Carbon monoxide can cause headaches and stomach upsets or, at worse, be fatal.
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Or it may cause headaches or nausea.
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A problem person may cause you a headache in countless ways.
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Birth control pills may cause or aggravate vascular headaches as well as predispose the patient to cerebral venous or arterial occlusions.
complain
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She complained of headaches and exhaustion and often said her whole body ached.
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After a day or two they complained of headaches , cramps, shivers.
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After a few minutes of running through drills, the girls began to complain of headaches and blurred vision.
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She complained of constant headaches and fevers.
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When she stopped having accidents, she would withdraw into her room and draw the curtains and complain of headache .
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Sufferers also complain of headaches , intermittent blurred vision and vision sluggishness.
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The typical clinical presentation is a young obese female complaining of new onset headache .
experience
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Granato was admitted to Centinela Hospital early Monday morning after experiencing severe headaches .
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Granato began experiencing headaches so severe, he sought medical help.
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The biospherians experienced headaches , sleep loss, and fatigue.
get
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No wonder you got headaches , living with a crime like that for all these years.
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She could get a headache after sketch class or after indulging herself with cake or candy.
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There was a time when I'd go to clubs, feel nothing, get a headache , and have to leave.
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I get a headache just looking at a cookbook.
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I was beginning to get a headache again.
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He actually got headaches from it.
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Not tonight, I've got a headache .
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Wyatt was beginning to get a headache from all the white walls and the neatness.
give
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These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache .
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There were so many of them that the strain of trying to recognise each one started to give him a headache .
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Sporting events such as car racing give me a headache .
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Hank, when Mrs Stych thought of him at all, always gave her a headache .
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That culture refused to die, giving the patriarchy a headache .
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The weight of the matching necklace was already giving her a headache .
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It is too often the case that birth, if prematurely contacted, will give the patient a headache and a cold.
suffer
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Horst was suffering from a headache and needed a rest day.
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Since his resignation, Smith has suffered chronic headaches , depression and insomnia, according to the lawsuit.
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When they are withdrawn the patient may suffer fatigue, headache , depression, weakness, and aches and pains.
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The seventh-grader at Stapley Junior High School suffered migraine headaches and often missed school.
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She suffered severe headaches and her face was tender.
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I told her I suffered from headaches .
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Belle's angels told her that this terrifying woman suffered excruciating headaches and that she mustn't give up.
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Long-sighted children are often reluctant to do much reading and writing and may also suffer from headaches .
throb
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Sunstroke fever, throbbing headache , red face, stupor.
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As I write this, I have a throbbing headache .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blinding headache
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Perhaps he could plead a blinding headache, or an attack of tonsilitis?
splitting headache
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Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splitting headache.
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I couldn't move my arms or legs, my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache.
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I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up.
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It allowed Nicholas a long, hard night's sleep, followed by a splitting headache in the morning.
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They hold their heads tight when coughing because of the splitting headache.
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What good can you do mooning around worrying, picking at your food like an anorexic, and giving yourself splitting headaches?
thumping headache
violent headache/fit etc
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A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
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He still paid with violent headaches, but it could have been so much worse.
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They were both attacked, one having a violent headache, the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Police departments say the new bill will be a headache to enforce.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As she made her way to the modest Grenfell town house, Emily felt the beginning of a headache coming on.
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Bacterial meningitis must always be considered in a febrile person with severe headache .
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But with its tiny yields and vulnerability to disease, viognier is a massive headache for growers.
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Dull frontal headache , occipital headache; pain in the jaws go to the head.
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In succeeding weeks, the headaches eased but not his parents counsel.
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Migraine headaches occur much more capriciously than do muscle-contraction headaches.
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No wonder you got headaches, living with a crime like that for all these years.
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She complained of headaches and exhaustion and often said her whole body ached.