Definition of cephalalgy in English:
cephalalgy
nounPlural cephalalgies ˈsɛfəlaldʒiˈkɛfəlaldʒi
Medicine rare A headache.
Example sentencesExamples
- I was attacked with a violent cephalalgy — that devilish cephalalgy, I believe I have it yet.
- The pain in the head increases to an acute cephalalgy.
- Dr. Quick reported a case of cephalalgy of long standing, cured by bleeding, iodine, and arsenic.
- In this case the cephalalgy was probably of syphilitic origin.
- The first time a person is magnetized, it happens that either he does not feel anything, or he feels only some heat in his head, some cephalalgy.
Origin
Mid 16th century: via Latin cephalalgia from Greek kephalalgia, from kephalē 'head' + algos 'pain': see -y3.