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Sick headache

noun

A headache accompanied by nausea.

A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. Synonyms: hemicrania, megrim, migraine.

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"Sick headache" Quotes from Famous Books

... of pain over my right eye, and a heavy head. A strong cup of coffee sets me up and I feel better; but as the morning wears on, especially if I am nervous, the weariness in my head returns. By luncheon time I am cross and upset. Often by six o'clock I have a severe sick headache. When I do not have a headache I am usually depressed; my brain feels like a lump of lead. And I know precisely the cause: It is that I do not give my nerve-centers sufficient rest. If I could spend the evenings—or half of them—quietly I should be well enough; but after I am tired out by a day's ...

— The "Goldfish" • Arthur Train

... "It is a good thing that I don't have the sick headache very often," she said sadly; "or you would soon wear yourself out. Sadie, are you going ...

— Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)

... a sick headache. Can't you see the arteries throbbing under the almost hairless skin of my temples—the transparent, bluish skin that denotes a thoroughbred? It's atrocious! The veins on my forehead are like writhing ...

— Barks and Purrs • Colette Willy, aka Colette

... however unable to eat, and her headache became so violent, and was accompanied with so overpowering a sickness, that she could hold up no longer, and was conveyed to her bed. Jane was very uneasy, but Isabella and Hannah both thought it might be a common sick headache, and persuaded Jane not to send for ...

— Principle and Practice - The Orphan Family • Harriet Martineau

... know as Dinah would be bothered with her, Aunt Betty, and Norah has a sick headache. But—I'll stay and take care of her if you don't want her ...

— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond