Preventing or relieving headaches; designed to treat head pain.
From anti- (against) + cephalalgic (from Greek 'kephalē' meaning 'head' + 'algos' meaning 'pain'). This medical term combines ancient Greek roots with modern medical terminology.
The word 'cephalalgic' contains the same root as 'encephalitis' (brain inflammation), showing how medical terminology recycles the same building blocks to create precision in describing different conditions.
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