mi ‧ graine /ˈmiːɡreɪn, ˈmaɪ- $ ˈmaɪ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Late Latin hemicrania 'pain in one side of the head' , from Greek , from hemi- 'half' + kranion ( ⇨ ↑ cranium ) ]
an extremely bad headache, during which you feel sick and have pain behind your eyes
have/get a migraine
I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine.
bad/severe migraine
He suffers from severe migraine.
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THESAURUS
▪ headache a pain in your head:
Looking at a computer for a long time can give you a headache.
▪ hangover a headache and feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol:
The next day I had a terrible hangover.
▪ migraine /ˈmiːɡreɪn, ˈmaɪ- $ ˈmaɪ-/ a very bad headache, which makes you feel sick and have difficulty seeing:
He has suffered from migraines all his life.