cephalalgy
/ˈsɛfəlaldʒi
/ /ˈkɛfəlaldʒi /noun (plural cephalalgies) Medicine, rare
A headache.I was attacked with a violent cephalalgy — that devilish cephalalgy, I believe I have it yet....
- In this case the cephalalgy was probably of syphilitic origin.
- The pain in the head increases to an acute cephalalgy.
Origin
Mid 16th century: via Latin cephalalgia from Greek kephalalgia, from kephalē 'head' + algos 'pain': see -y3.