English Explanatory Dictionary

Eagle syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A condition commonly characterized by sudden, sharp nerve-like pain around the jaw, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, caused by an elongated or misshapen styloid process and/or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament.

Word forms

Eagle syndrome

Etymology

First described by American otorhinolaryngologist Watt Weems Eagle in 1937.

Synonyms

stylohyoid syndrome styloid syndrome stylalgia
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