英语释义

1. a condition marked by recurring moderate to severe headache with throbbing pain that usually lasts from four hours to three days, typically begins on one side of the head but may spread to both sides, is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound, and is sometimes preceded by an aura and is often followed by fatigue
Migraine affects three times as many women as men.
— The Journal of the American Medical Association About 20 percent of migraine sufferers experience an aura as the first symptom of an attack. The aura may be a pulsing star of light, or a dance of geometric forms across the visual field …
— Natalie Angier

2. a condition that is a variant form of the typical migraine but in which headache is absent or not a prominent symptom:

3. a condition in which an aura involving visual disturbances (such as diplopia, scotoma, or tunnel vision) is the main symptom and is not followed by headache — called also acephalgic migraine, silent migraine

4. a condition that is marked by episodic bodily dysfunction (such as cyclic vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, vertigo, or unilateral weakness or paralysis) and may be accompanied by headache
abdominal migraine vestibular migraine In retinal migraine, repeated episodes of unilateral visual disorder occur with or without headache.
— Sid Gilman

5. an episode or attack of migraine
Most patients use a class of drugs known as "triptans," to relieve occasional migraines. But triptans don't work for 20% to 30% of patients.
— Tara Parker-Pope

6. a very bad headache

7. a condition marked by recurring moderate to severe headache with throbbing pain that usually lasts from four hours to three days, typically begins on one side of the head but may spread to both sides, is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound, and is sometimes preceded by an aura and is often followed by fatigue Note: Migraine tends to occur in more than one member of a family and is of uncertain origin though attacks appear to be associated with dilation of intracranial blood vessels and release of serotonin and other inflammatory substances.
Migraine is a common disorder that can severely affect patients' quality of life and daily function. The patients typically have attacks of unilateral, pulsating, severe or moderately severe headache aggravated by routine physical activity …
— The New England Journal of Medicine About 20 percent of migraine sufferers experience an aura as the first symptom of an attack. The aura may be a pulsing star of light, or a dance of geometric forms across the visual field …
— Natalie Angier

8. a condition in which an aura involving visual disturbances (as diplopia, scotoma, or tunnel vision) is the main symptom and is not followed by headache
Approximately 20% of migraineurs may experience acephalgic attacks of migraine at one time or another. Indeed, that various symptoms can occur in the absence of any headache has been noted for some time; in fact, visual phenomena were described as early as the 12th century.
— Donald M. Pedersen et al. — called also acephalgic migraine, silent migraine

9. a condition that is marked by episodic bodily dysfunction (as cyclic vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, vertigo, or unilateral weakness or paralysis) and may be accompanied by headache
abdominal migraine vestibular migraine In retinal migraine, repeated episodes of unilateral visual disorder occur with or without headache.
— Sid Gilman

10. an episode or attack of migraine
Most patients use a class of drugs known as "triptans," such as Imitrex, to relieve occasional migraines. But triptans don't work for 20% to 30% of patients.
— Tara Parker-Pope Lynn Goldstein, a dietitian at Weill Cornell, advises patients to remove suspected "trigger" foods from their diet for a period of time and monitor how their migraines are affected.
— Food & Fitness Advisor — called also sick headache

片语

the massive migraines大规模的偏头痛

Yoga for Migraines瑜伽治疗偏头痛

Remedy Migraines祛头风

Helps prevent migraines偏头痛

Alleviate Migraines缓解偏头痛

migraines headaches偏头痛；周期性偏头痛

Migraines For Dummies傻瓜才有偏头痛

migraine headache偏头痛；周期性偏头痛

It Gives Me Migraines它给我偏头痛

Migraines and headaches偏头痛和头痛

英汉例句

• Back pain is the most common reason patients seek acupuncture treatment, followed by joint pain, neck pain, migraines and other forms of recurring pain.

  病人寻求针灸治疗最常见的原因就是背部疼痛，而关节炎，偏头痛和其它种类的经常性疼痛紧随其后。

• Some types of migraines may also lead to a stroke, said Dr. Patrick Lyden, chairman of the department of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

  希达西奈医学中神经科主任帕特里克·赖登博士表示，某些偏头痛也可能会引起中风。

• She was dealing with monthly mood swings, stomach cramp, migraines and spots at the same time as learning to read and write.

  随后就在她开始学习读写时，每月就要面对情绪波动，胃痉挛，偏头痛以及粉刺。

• There is considerable evidence to suggest that individuals who experience migraines with aura are at least twice as likely to have a P.

  在大量证据表明，有先兆偏头痛（即在偏头痛发作前有先兆出现，也称经典偏头痛——译者注）病史的个体，患有P.

• People with a history of migraines and severe headaches are more prone to TGA.

  有偏头痛或严重头疼病史的人更易得短暂性全面遗忘癥。

• When Cathy Glaser’s daughter began suffering migraines as a toddler, her New York pediatrician couldn’t help.

  当凯西·格拉斯勒的女儿在牙牙学语时就患上偏头痛的时候，她的纽约儿科医生无法帮到她。

• Chronic migraine differs from ordinary migraines and tension headaches, however.

  然而，慢性偏头痛与普通型偏头痛及紧张性头痛不一样。

• Janet Podell of Highland Park, N.J., says her daughter Hannah began suffering from migraines around age 8.

  新泽西州高地公园的加内特·鲍戴尔说，她的女儿汉娜大约从8岁开始患偏头痛。

• I took up meditation - recommended for tension headaches, because I suspected that my migraines increased when I was under stress.

  我开始练习冥想-建议针对紧张性头痛，因为我怀疑我一到紧张的时候偏头痛就会发作。

• One problem is that complex disorders - like migraines - can be caused by multiple genes as well as by other biochemical and environmental factors.

  其中的一个难题是，复杂的疾病——比如偏头痛——可能由众多基因引起，也可能由其它生物化学和环境因素引起。

• But it turns out there are some small but well-conducted double-blind studies demonstrating significant reductions in migraines in people taking one of these supplements.

  但结果是有虽然小但是反映良好的双盲测试证明吃任意一种营养品的人，偏头痛癥状确实有明显减轻。

• We found that there is a genetic predisposition by people with migraines to be depressed.

  我们发现，抑郁的偏头痛患者有遗传素质。

• One of his rivals, Michele Bachmann, was embroiled in an argument over whether her susceptibility to migraines might render her unfit for the Oval Office.

  而他的竞争对手之一，米歇尔·巴赫曼却卷入一场争辩，辩论围绕其偏头痛与总统椭圆办公室布局的关系展开。