Eagle syndrome

English Etymology First described by American otorhinolaryngologist Watt Weems Eagle in 1937. Noun - 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. en stylohyoid syndrome styloid syndrome stylalgia en eponyms