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A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
Catherine the Great

Meaning of "headache" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEADACHE

headache  [ˈhɛdˌeɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEADACHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Headache is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEADACHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

headache

Headache

A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain as it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain. Nine areas of the head and neck have these pain-sensitive structures, which are the cranium, muscles, nerves, arteries and veins, subcutaneous tissues, eyes, ears, sinuses and mucous membranes. There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of the International Headache Society. Headache is a non-specific symptom, which means that it has many possible causes. Treatment of a headache depends on the underlying cause, but commonly involves pain killers.

Definition of headache in the English dictionary

The definition of headache in the dictionary is pain in the head, caused by dilation of cerebral arteries, muscle contraction, insufficient oxygen in the cerebral blood, reaction to drugs, etc Technical name: cephalalgia. Other definition of headache is any cause of worry, difficulty, or annoyance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEADACHE


backache
ˈbækˌeɪk
bellyache
ˈbɛlɪˌeɪk
Blake
bleɪk
brake
breɪk
break
breɪk
cake
keɪk
drake
dreɪk
earache
ˈɪərˌeɪk
fake
feɪk
heartache
ˈhɑːtˌeɪk
jake
dʒeɪk
lake
leɪk
make
meɪk
mistake
mɪˈsteɪk
shake
ʃeɪk
snake
sneɪk
stomachache
ˈstʌməkˌeɪk
take
teɪk
toothache
ˈtuːθˌeɪk
wake
weɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEADACHE

head waiter
head wound
head-banger
head-butt
head-hunting
head-load
head-on
head-start
head-to-head
head-up display
headachey
headachy
headage
headband
headbang
headboard
headborough
headcase
headchair
headcheese

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEADACHE

ache
apache
attache
berdache
cache
Didache
ganache
gouache
Grenache
huarache
mache
moustache
mustache
panache
pistache
preheadache
rondache
sick headache
tache
tension headache

Synonyms and antonyms of headache in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEADACHE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «headache» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of headache

Translation of «headache» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEADACHE

Find out the translation of headache to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of headache from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «headache» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

头疼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dolor de cabeza
570 millions of speakers

English

headache
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिरदर्द
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صُدَاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

головная боль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dor de cabeça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাথা ব্যাথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mal de tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sakit kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kopfschmerzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭痛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chứng nhức đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைவலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोकेदुखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baş ağrısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mal di testa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ból głowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

головний біль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

migrenă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πονοκέφαλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofpyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudvärk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hodepine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of headache

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADACHE»

The term «headache» is very widely used and occupies the 14.447 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADACHE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about headache

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10 QUOTES WITH «HEADACHE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word headache.
1
Upamanyu Chatterjee
It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.
2
Kid Cudi
I like being a consumer. I'll do collabs with brands I like, only because I would like something free to wear. But I don't want people to dress like me, which is what you're asking when you create a brand. The fashion industry's just a super-duper headache.
3
Bette Davis
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
4
Barry Diller
You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
5
Alber Elbaz
If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good.
6
Cary Elwes
I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.
7
Ron Fournier
Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.
8
Andrea M. Ghez
The atmosphere is great for people - it allows us to survive - but it's a real headache for astronomers.
9
Tony Goldwyn
I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?
10
Catherine the Great
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADACHE»

Discover the use of headache in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to headache and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heal Your Headache
Based on the breakthrough understanding that virtually all headaches are forms of migraine--because migraine is not a specific type of headache, but the built-in mechanism that causes headaches of all kinds, along with neck stiffness, sinus ...
David Buchholz, 2002
2
Headache: A Practical Manual
This book will be a pragmatic, succinct and authoritative (developed under the auspices of the British Association for the Study of Headache) text aimed at GPs, generalneurologists and other primary care healthcare professionals dealing ...
David Kernick, Peter Goadsby, 2008
3
Orofacial Pain and Headache
OROFACIAL PAIN AND HEADACHE is a timely, comprehensive and instructive addition to the pain literature; in particular the important and truly multidisciplinary area of orofacial pain.
Yair Sharav, Rafael Benoliel, 2008
4
Headache
"The first section, Acute Headaches, includes those headaches that we all need to be aware of on a daily basis, particularly in the ER. These headache disorders can present challenges in diagnosis and treatment that are unique to emergency ...
Jonathan P. Gladstone, David W. Dodick, R. Allan Purdy, 2010
5
Headache: Through the Centuries
Headache: Through the Centuries illuminates the history of headaches with a particular interest in how the disorder has been understood and treated since the earliest recorded accounts, dating from around 4000 BC. Different types of ...
Mervyn J. Eadie, 2012
6
Handbook of Headache: Practical Management
This handbook provides medical professionals and students alike with a useful tool to for the diagnosis and management of these frequent, and often disabling, disorders.
Paolo Martelletti, Timothy J. Steiner, 2011
7
A Headache in the Pelvis: A New Understanding and Treatment ...
This groundbreaking book describes the Wise-Anderson Protocol for muscle-related pelvic pain in men and women, a new and revolutionary treatment developed at Stanford University.
David Wise, Rodney U. Anderson, 2012
8
Tension-Type and Cervicogenic Headache: Pathophysiology, ...
Written and contributed by international experts, Tension-Type and Cervicogenic Headache: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management provides the best current evidence on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of patients with the ...
C?sar Fern?ndez-de-las-Pe?as, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Robert Gerwin, 2010
9
Headache Medicine: Questions and Answers
Because headaches constitute such a large part of many clinicians' practices, the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties created an annually-administered headache subspecialty exam in 2006.Headache Medicine: Questions and Answers is ...
Dara G. Jamieson, 2005
10
Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain
The book provides both practical clinical advice and a clear overview of the science which provides the foundation for that advice.
Jefferson Headache Center Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine Stephen D. Silberstein Director, Philadelphia, Epidemiology and Social Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine Richard B. Lipton Professor of Neurology, La Jolla Donald J. Dalessio Senior Consultant Division of Neurology Scripps Clinic, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADACHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term headache is used in the context of the following news items.
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Japan's Plutonium Stockpile Creates a Nuclear Headache - WSJ
That, in turn, is a headache for Japan and its key ally, the U.S., which has been leading global efforts to restrict nuclear weapons proliferation. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Obstructed stadium views a Pan Am headache - Hamilton Spectator
News · Local. Obstructed stadium views a Pan Am headache. |. Bookmark and Share. 6 hours ago | Vote 0 0. Obstructed stadium views a Pan Am headache ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
3
Smyrna doc launches new app to cure prescription headache
Dr. John Daniel Rudd remembers the day he came up with the idea for his new app: He'd spent 45 minutes on hold with a pharmacy trying to ... «Nashville Business Journal, Jul 15»
4
Canterbury Bulldogs captain James Graham says halves selection a …
Bulldogs skipper James Graham says the club's halves situation is a "headache" for coach Des Hasler but has urged Trent Hodkinson, Moses ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Valley split avoids Corstens' headache
Few trainers were happier to see Racing Victoria elect to run two divisions of the 1000-metre event for two-year-olds set down for Moonee ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»
6
Why the OPM hack is an ongoing cyber headache
Why the OPM hack is an ongoing cyber headache ... breach of federal personnel files have created an ongoing cyber headache, experts warn, ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
7
10-year-old fan catches foul ball, saving dad a potential headache
A 10-year-old Giants fan named John Pizzi and his father had great seats at AT&T Park on Sunday. First row, between the mound and home ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
8
Waving weather fronts: a forecaster's headache
I forgive you if you've read the title of this blog and think that the weatherman is just making up another excuse for rainy weather, but stay with ... «Channel 4 News, Jul 15»
9
Headache disorder | New Era Newspaper Namibia
Anyone can experience a headache. It is the most common form of pain. It has been estimated that 47% of the general adult population have ... «New Era, Jul 15»
10
Woman sore and had a headache after deep tissue massage
A woman had a sore neck, back and shoulders and a headache in the days after receiving a Chinese medical massage. The woman ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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