headache

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H0098200 (hĕd′āk′)n.1. A pain in the head.2. Informal Something, such as a problem, that causes annoyance or trouble.

head′ach′y (-ā′kē) adj.

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(ˈhɛdˌeɪk) n1. (Pathology) 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 2. informal any cause of worry, difficulty, or annoyance

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n. 1. a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull. 2. an annoying or bothersome person, situation, activity, etc. [before 1000]

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cephalgia, encephalalgia - Cephalgia and encephalalgia are medical terms for a headache.
megrim - Another word for a headache, especially a migraine.
shivaree - A mock serenade, it originally meant "headache" in its Latin form.
neurasthenia - A disorder characterized by loss of energy, lack of motivation, and feelings of inadequacy, along with vague physical symptoms such as headache or muscle pain.

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If you have a headache, you have a pain in your head.

I told Derek I had a headache.

Headache is a countable noun. Don't say that someone 'has headache'.

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Any pain in the head. Many factors that affect the nervous system can produce a headache, including damage to the brain and its blood vessels, infection of the ears, eyes, and nose, and tension in muscles that results in a constriction of their nerves.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	headache - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"worry, vexation, concernnegative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequencesbugaboo - a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"business - a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
	2.	headache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugscephalalgia, head acheache, aching - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) paincluster headache, histamine headache - a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cellshemicrania, megrim, migraine, sick headache - a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than mensick headache - a headache accompanied by nauseasinus headache - a headache resulting from congestion or infection in the paranasal sinusestension headache - a headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress

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noun1. migraine, head (informal), neuralgia, cephalalgia (Medical) I have had a terrible headache for the past two days.2. problem (Informal) worry, trouble, bother, nuisance, inconvenience, bane, vexation Their biggest headache is the increase in the price of fuel.

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nounInformal. A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship:burden, millstone, onus, tax, weight.

Translations

使头痛的事头疼头痛

head

(hed) noun1. the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body. The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.头2. a person's mind. An idea came into my head last night.头脑3. the height or length of a head. The horse won by a head.一头的距离4. the chief or most important person (of an organization, country etc). Kings and presidents are heads of state; (also adjective) a head waiter; the head office.首脑5. anything that is like a head in shape or position. the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.头状物体6. the place where a river, lake etc begins. the head of the Nile.源头7. the top, or the top part, of anything. Write your address at the head of the paper; the head of the table.上端8. the front part. He walked at the head of the procession.最前面部分9. a particular ability or tolerance. He has no head for heights; She has a good head for figures.才智10. a headmaster or headmistress. You'd better ask the Head.校长11. (for) one person. This dinner costs $10 a head.个人12. a headland. Beachy Head.岬13. the foam on the top of a glass of beer etc. 啤酒沫 verb1. to go at the front of or at the top of (something). The procession was headed by the band; Whose name headed the list?在...的前头2. to be in charge of; to be the leader of. He heads a team of scientists investigating cancer.率领3. (often with for) to (cause to) move in a certain direction. The explorers headed south; The boys headed for home; You're heading for disaster! （向特定方向）出发 4. to put or write something at the beginning of. His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.在...上加标题5. (in football) to hit the ball with the head. He headed the ball into the goal. （足球）用头顶球 -headed having (a certain number or type of) head(s). a two-headed monster; a bald-headed man.有…头的ˈheader noun1. a fall or dive forwards. He slipped and took a header into the mud.头朝下的一跳或跌落2. (in football) the act of hitting the ball with the head. He scored with a great header. （足球）用头顶球 ˈheading noun what is written at the top of a page etc. The teacher said that essays must have a proper heading.标题heads noun, adverb (on) the side of a coin with the head of a king, president etc on it. He tossed the penny and it came down heads. （印有头像硬币的）正面 ˈheadache noun1. a pain in the head. Bright lights give me a headache.头痛2. something worrying. Lack of money is a real headache. 使头痛的（事） ˈheadband noun a strip of material worn round the head to keep one's hair off one's face. 束发带ˈhead-dress noun something, usually ornamental, which is worn on, and covers, the head. The tribesmen were wearing head-dresses of fur and feathers. 头巾，头饰 ˌheadˈfirst adverb with one's head in front or bent forward. He fell headfirst into a pool of water.头向前的ˈheadgear noun anything that is worn on the head. Hats, caps and helmets are headgear.帽子ˈheadlamp noun a headlight. 头灯，前灯 ˈheadland noun a point of land which sticks out into the sea. 岬ˈheadlight noun a powerful light at or on the front of a car, lorry, train, ship, aeroplane etc. As it was getting dark, the driver switched on his headlights.前灯ˈheadline noun the words written in large letters at the top of newspaper articles. I never read a paper in detail – I just glance at the headlines.大字标题ˈheadlines noun plural a brief statement of the most important items of news, on television or radio. the news headlines.新闻广播的摘要ˈheadlong adjective, adverb1. moving forwards or downwards, with one's head in front. a headlong dive into the pool of water; He fell headlong into a pool of water. 头向前的（地） 2. (done) without thought or delay, often foolishly. a headlong rush; He rushes headlong into disaster. 轻率的（地） head louse a type of louse that infests the human head. 头虱headˈmaster – feminine headˈmistress – noun the person in charge of a school; the principal. 校长ˌhead-ˈon adverb, adjective (usually of cars etc) with the front of one car etc hitting the front of another car etc. a head-on collision; The two cars crashed head-on. 正面的（撞车） ˈheadphones noun plural (also ˈearphones) a pair of electronic instruments held over a person's ears, by a metal band over the head, which are connected to a radio. a set of headphones.耳机ˌheadˈquarters noun singular or plural (often abbreviated to HQ (eitʃˈkjuː) noun) the place from which the chief officers or leaders of an organization (especially an army) direct and control the activities of that organization. During the election, his house was used as the campaign headquarters. 司令部，指挥部 ˈheadrest noun a sort of small cushion which supports a person's head, eg as fitted to a dentist's chair, a car seat. 头靠，靠头之物 ˈheadscarf, ˈheadsquare nouns a usually square scarf worn by women over or round the head. 女人的头巾ˈheadstone noun a stone put at a grave, usually with the name of the dead person on it, the date of his birth and death etc. 墓石ˈheadstrong adjective (of people) difficult to persuade or control; always doing or wanting to do what they themselves want. a headstrong, obstinate child. 不受管束的，刚愎的 ˈheadwind noun a wind which is blowing towards one. 逆风above someone's head too difficult (for someone) to understand. His lecture was well above their heads. 深奥，不易理解 go to someone's head1. (of alcohol) to make someone slightly drunk. Champagne always goes to my head. （酒）冲上人的头脑 2. (of praise, success etc) to make someone arrogant, foolish etc. Don't let success go to your head. （赞美、成功等）冲昏某人的头脑 head off1. to make (a person, animal etc) change direction. One group of the soldiers rode across the valley to head the bandits off. 拦截，使转向 2. to go in some direction. He headed off towards the river.向某个方向走head over heels1. completely. He fell head over heels in love.完全地2. turning over completely; headfirst. He fell head over heels into a pond.头朝下heads or tails? used when tossing a coin, eg to decide which of two people does, gets etc something. Heads or tails? Heads you do the dishes, tails I do them. （掷钱币时问）正面还是反面？ keep one's head to remain calm and sensible in a crisis etc. 保持镇静lose one's head to become angry or excited, or to act foolishly in a crisis. 慌乱，不知所措 make head or tail of to understand. I can't make head or tail of these instructions.理解make headway to make progress. We're not making much headway with this new scheme. 前进，取得进展 off one's head mad. You must be off your head to work for nothing.失常

headache

→ 头疼zhCN

I'd like something for a headache → 我要买点头痛药

headache

pain in the head, caused by dilation of cerebral arteries, muscle contraction, insufficient oxygen in the cerebral blood, reaction to drugs, etc.

Headache

one of the most frequent symptoms of various diseases.

Headache arises chiefly in response to irritation of the nerve endings (receptors) of the meninges, venous sinuses, and tunicary and cerebral vessels. Leading factors in the development of a headache include inflammatory affection of the meninges (resulting in irritation of the meningovascular receptors by toxins of the pathogenic agent), compression of the receptors by edema in brain tumors and other accumulative processes (for example, abscess, tuberculoma, and cys-ticercosis), impairment of the circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid accompanied by an elevation in intracranial pressure, vascular diseases (hypertension, hypotension, migraine) that cause a change in extracranial and intracranial vascular tone, chronic cardiovascular insufficiency (for example, congestion of the cerebral veins), and infectious diseases and intoxication accompanied by toxic irritation of the nerve endings. Headache also arises through affection of the cervical nerve roots of the spinal cord and affection of the perivascular neuroplexuses of the major blood vessels of the head (for example, in cervical migraine).

Localization of the headache and determination of its character, time of appearance, and other features are important in discovering its causes. Its course and accompanying signs should also be taken into account. Neurological examination and examination of the internal organs, eyes (vision, fundus oculi, intraocular pressure), ears, paranasal sinuses, endocrine glands, and cerebrospinal fluid are also necessary. In a number of cases physicians also make use of cranial roentgenography, electroencephalography, angioenceph-alography or pneumoencephalography, and rheoenceph-alography.

Treatment includes elimination of the cause of the headache and the prescription of preparations (vasodilative or vasoconstrictive, decreasing intracranial pressure [dehydrating], and analgetic) that counteract the cause of the headache.

REFERENCES

Platonova, E. P. Golovnye boli. Moscow, 1960.
Botez, M., and R. Şerbánescu. Algille craniene şi craniofaciale: Fiziopatologie, Diagnosti, Tratament. Bucharest, 1965.
Heyck, H. Bóle gtowy. Warsaw, 1960.

V. A. KARLOV

headache

[′hed‚āk] (medicine) A deep form of pain, with a characteristic aching quality, localized in the head.

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noun migraine

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noun problem

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noun a duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship

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noun something or someone that causes anxiety

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noun pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

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