cephalalgia

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˌsɛfəˈlældʒiə/ UK /ˌsɛfəˈlældʒiə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
headache, especially as a medical symptom

The patient complained of persistent cephalalgia behind the eyes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · headache, especially as a... headachemigrainecephalgia

Word family

Related forms cephalicencephalitis

Etymology

From Late Latin cephalalgia, from Greek kephalalgia ('headache'), from kephale ('head') + algos ('pain').

kephale Ancient Greek algos Ancient Greek

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Topics

Health & Medicine

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# cephalalgia

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌsɛfəˈlældʒiə/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsɛfəˈlældʒiə/

## Meanings
1. headache, especially as a medical symptom

## Examples
- The patient complained of persistent cephalalgia behind the eyes.

## Synonyms
- headache
- migraine
- cephalgia

## Related Forms
- cephalic
- encephalitis

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: kephale
- Root: algos

## Etymology
From Late Latin cephalalgia, from Greek kephalalgia ('headache'), from kephale ('head') + algos ('pain').

## AI Etymology
Cephalalgia comes from Late Latin cephalalgia, from Greek kephalalgia ('headache'), from kephale ('head') + algos ('pain'). The historical trail runs through kephale in Ancient Greek and algos in Ancient Greek. Morphologically, cephalalgia is transparent: it draws on Late Latin cephalalgia, from Greek kephalalgia ('headache'), from kephale ('head') + algos ('pain'). Used as a noun, cephalalgia now means "headache, especially as a medical symptom", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cephalic and encephalitis. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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