antimigraine

adjective

an·​ti·​mi·​graine

ˌan-tē-ˈmī-ˌgrān,

ˌan-tī- 

 British often  -ˈmē-

variants or anti-migraine

medical

: used to relieve or prevent the symptoms of migraine headache

antimigraine therapies/drugs

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

antimigraine

adjective

an·​ti·​mi·​graine -ˈmī-ˌgrān, British often -ˈmē- 

variants or anti-migraine

: used to relieve or prevent the symptoms of migraine headache

antimigraine therapies

His laboratory and others have also explored precisely how the new class of antimigraine drugs, sumatriptan and its imitators, manage to work their apparent magic on patients.

—Natalie Angier, The New York Times