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Cephalalgia vs Headache - What's the difference?

cephalalgia | headache |

Cephalalgia is a synonym of headache.


As nouns the difference between cephalalgia and headache

is that cephalalgia is (medicine) a pain in the head; headache while headache is a pain or ache in the head.

cephalalgia

English

(headache)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A pain in the head; headache.

    • Synonyms

    * headache

    References

    * http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0333-1024

    headache

    English

    (wikipedia headache)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pain or ache in the head.
  • (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.
    • The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache .

    Synonyms

    * (physical pain) cephalalgia * (annoyance) bother, pain in the neck

    Hyponyms

    * hemicrania * migraine * megrim * tension headache