tension headache

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   a headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress

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Questions about tension headache

What does tension headache mean?

tension headache means "a headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress".

Is tension headache a common word?

tension headache is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.