Difference between Hemicrania and Megrim

What is the difference between Hemicrania and Megrim?

Hemicrania as a noun is a headache affecting one side of the head. while Megrim as a noun is a migraine.

Hemicrania

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A headache affecting one side of the head.

Megrim

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A migraine.A fancy, a whim, a freak, a caprice.Usually in the plural, any of various diseases of animals, especially horses, marked by a disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behaviour such as staggers or a sudden vertigo, sometimes followed by unconsciousness.Usually in the plural - depression, low spirits, unhappiness.A type of European deep water flatfish.

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