Thesaurus: megrim

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1. n. A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.
2. n. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.
3. n. A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.
4. n. The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).
5. n. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
6. 1. A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head. 2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. Ford. 3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. Youatt. The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).
7. A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes byunconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mildform of apoplexy. Youatt.
8. n a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men