Definition of "cephalalgia" []

• Pain in the head; a headache. (noun)

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• "You know, medical terms that sound scarier than the disease, like cephalalgia (headache) or pneumonitis (lung inflammation)."
• "In a person having a painful spot in the head, with intense cephalalgia, pus or water running from the nose, or by the mouth, or at the ears, removes the disease."
• "She talked about her own complaints and those of her CONFIDANTE for the time being, to every lady in the room successively, from our hostess down to Miss Wirt, taking them into corners, and whispering about bronchitis, hepatitis, St. Vitus, neuralgia, cephalalgia, and so forth."