Definition of Megrem
Me"grim (?), n. [OE. migrim,
migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L.
hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a;
"hmi- half + krani`on skull. See Hemi-
and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually
periodical and confined to one side of the head.
2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp.,
in the plural, lowness of spirits.
These are his megrims, firks, and
melancholies. Ford.
3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo
in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an
excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.
Youatt.
Me"grim, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zoöl.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish
(Psetta arnoglossa).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) 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.
- (zoology) A type of European deep water flatfish.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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