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migraine
/ˈmaɪˌɡɹeɪn/
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Start with the vowel in “my.”
The first syllable carries the main stress here. The second has the vowel in day; keep the gr cluster together without an extra vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“A migraine kept her home from work.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does migraine mean?
noun
- A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- A neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmaɪˌɡɹeɪn/
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The same individual finds the odor of food beautiful when hungry, pleasant when full-fed, and unendurable when he has migraine.
Prideaux cites a case at five, and Gaugirau Casals, a doctor of Agde, has seen a girl of six years who suffered abdominal colic, hemorrhage from the nose, migraine, and neuralgia, all periodically, which, with the association of pruritus of the genitals and engorged mammae, led him to suspect amenorrhea.