ˈmigrainous, a.
[f. migraine + -ous.]
Pertaining to or of the nature of migraine. Also, subject to attacks of migraine.
| 1889 Lancet 30 Mar. 640/2 All the various forms of headache—dyspeptic, migrainous,..and so on. 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 123 Migrainous epilepsy. [So called] because it commonly occurs in patients who have suffered from migraine. 1971 [see migraineur]. 1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 32/1 Migrainous women seldom put on weight, and they rarely develop any serious illness. 1974 Radio Times 6 June 66/1 Thousands of migrainous readers who read your feature ‘The biggest aspirin splitter in the world’. |