Etymology

ophryon

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Today it means: The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὀφρύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀφρύς“brow”
  2. English todayophryon

From Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “brow”) + -(i)on.

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