† hemicrane Obs.
Also 6 -cran, 7 -crain, -cranie, -y.
[a. obs. F. hemicraine (Cotgr.), ad. L. hēmicrānia, a. Gr. ἡµικρανία, f. ἡµι- hemi- + κρανίον skull. Hemicranie is an adaptation of the L.]
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| c 1550 Lloyd Treas. Health (1585) C iv, Hyera hermetis purgeth the hemicran. Ibid. D j, Oyle of fystikes healeth the hemicrane and watchynges. 1600 Vaughan Direct. Health (1633) 87 Here-hence springs the Head-ache..which last we call the Hemicrany or Megrim, possessing but the one side of the Head. 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. 135 Cephalalgies, Hemicranies, Phthises. 1657 Physical Dict., Hemicrania, or hemicrane, a kind of head-ach, when but one side of the head is grieved. |