cluster headache

English

Etymology

So called because such headaches tend to occur together, i.e. in clusters.

Noun

cluster headache (plural cluster headaches)

1. (pathology) An extremely painful, cyclical and unilateral headache.

Synonyms

• Raeder's syndrome
• suicide headache

Translations

extremely painful headache

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叢集性頭痛／丛集性头痛 (cóngjíxìng tóutòng)

• Dutch: clusterhoofdpijn f
• Finnish: sarjoittainen päänsärky, itsemurhapäänsärky (fi) (informal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klasehodepine (no) m or f