| MHP | hemiplegic migraine; maternal health program; maternal health program; medical center health plan; 1... |
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| MIH | Master of Industrial Health; migraine with interval headache; minimal intermittent heparin [dose] |
| MM | macromolecule; Maelzels metronome; major medical [insurance]; malignant melanoma; manubrium to malle... |
| NMF | N-methylformamide; National Medical Fellowship; National Migraine Foundation; nonmigrating fraction |
| OPM | occult primary malignancy; Office of Personnel Management; ophthalmoplegic migraine |
| abdominal migraine | Migraine in children accompanied by paroxysmal abdominal pain. This must be distinguished from similar symptoms requiring surgical attention. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acephalic migraine | A classic migraine episode in which the teichopsia is not followed by a headache. Synonym: migraine without headache. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar migraine | A migraine accompanied by transient brainstem signs (vertigo, tinnitus, perioral numbness, diplopia, etc.) thought to be due to vasospastic narrowing of the basilar artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| migraine | <disease> An often familial symptom complex of periodic attacks of vascular headache, usually temporal and unilateral in onset, commonly associated with irritability, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea and often photophobia, attacks are preceded by constriction of the cranial arteries, usually with resultant prodromal sensory (especially ocular) symptoms and commence with the vasodilation that follows. Origin: Gr. Hemikrania = an affection of half of the head (18 Nov 1997) |
| migraine, classic | Migraine with aura. Accounts for no more than most 20% of migraines. See migraine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| migraine, common | Migraine without aura. The most frequent type, accounting for about 80-85% of migraines. See migraine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| migraine headache | The most common type of vascular headache involving (it is thought). Abnormal sensitivity of blood vessels (arteries) in the brain to various triggers resulting in rapid changes in the artery size due to spasm (constriction). Other arteries in the brain and scalp then open (dilate), and throbbing pain is perceived in the head. The tendency to migraine is inherited and appears to involve serotonin, a chemical in the brain involved in the transmission of nerve impulses that trigger the release of substances in the blood vessels that in turn cause the pain of the migraine. These nerve impulses cause the flashing lights and other sensory phenomena known as an aura that may accompany a migraine. Not all severe headaches are migraines and not all migraines are severe. (12 Dec 1998) |
| migraine without headache | A classic migraine episode in which the teichopsia is not followed by a headache. Synonym: migraine without headache. (05 Mar 2000) |
| classic migraine | A form of hemicrania migraine preceded by a scintillating scotoma (teichopsia). (05 Mar 2000) |
| common migraine | A form of migraine headache without the visual prodrome, that is not limited on one side of the head but nevertheless is recognizable as migraine because of the stereotyped course; the tendency to nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia; and the relief produced by sleep. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complicated migraine | A migraine attack during which an infarction of tissue takes place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiplegic migraine | A form associated with transient hemiplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular migraine | Vasospastic infarction of tissue in or about the eye during an otherwise typical migraine; a form of complicated migraine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophthalmoplegic migraine | A form of migraine associated with paralysis of the extraocular muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fulgurating migraine | Migraine characterised by its abrupt commencement and the severity of the episode. (05 Mar 2000) |