- cluster headache
- noun Date: 1953 a headache that is characterized by severe pain in the eye or temple and tends to recur in a series of attacks
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cluster headache
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cluster headache — a variant of migraine more common in men than in women (ratio 9:1). The unilateral pain around one eye is very severe and lasts between 15 minutes and three hours. The attacks commonly occur in the early hours of the morning but may occur eight… … The new mediacal dictionary
