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US
/ˈhɛˌdeɪk/
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[ UK /hˈɛdeɪk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛdeɪk/ ]
NOUN
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something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
it's a major worry
New York traffic is a constant concern - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
How To Use headache In A Sentence
- It constantly spews toxic chemicals into the air here, and the residents I work with suffer from headaches, nosebleeds and respiratory problems.
- He comments that a patient might talk of a "shiner" whereas a doctor (holy of holies) would speak of a "periorbital ecchymosis," which is true only if you could imagine a doctor referring to cephalalgia instead of a headache or odontalgia instead of a toothache. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1
- Does household cleaning give you headaches, nausea, dizzy spells or sign irritations?
- severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug
- Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.
- Symptoms include extreme exhaustion, muscle pain, headaches and poor concentration. The Sun
- The medicine is an effective cure for a headache.
- Cervical vertebra coping, of the belt headache. Left prothorax aches, it is how to return a responsibility, what disease be? How to administer?
- More alarming -- not to mention revolting -- than any revelation, which has come out thus far about Bachmann, Kennedy once commented to Democratic political adviser Bobby Baker, "You know, I get a migraine headache if I don't get a strange piece of ass every day" see endnote 54. Lara M. Brown, Ph.D.: Michele Bachmann and Migraines: Presidential Disqualifier or Sexism?
- Links had been established between car exhaust and headaches, cancer and various respiratory problems, yet the automotive industry of the day, kicking and screaming, had to be forced to add a blowby tube. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed