An archaic medical term for a pain or ache in the eyebrow or forehead region; a brow ache.
From Middle English 'brow' (the eyebrow or forehead) plus 'ache' (pain). Literally combines two Old English roots to describe a specific pain location.
Old medical terminology was beautifully literal—instead of inventing Greek-derived words, doctors just described exactly where it hurt: jaw-ache, neck-ache, tooth-ache!
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