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Protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
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exophthalmos
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Wiktionary
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alt. (context pathology English) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket. n. (context pathology English) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus , exophthalmia , proptosis , or exorbitism ) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit . Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease ) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital ...
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n. protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exophthalmos \Ex`oph*thal"mos\, ||Exophthalmus \Ex`oph*thal"mus\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Exophthalmia . Syn: exophthalmus, exophthalmy.
Usage examples of exophthalmos.
Among the older writers we find Ficker and the Ephemerides giving instances of exophthalmos from vomiting.
For twenty-four years he had suffered from cephalalgia and pains and partial exophthalmos of the left eye.
Holmes also reports a case of enormous congenital exophthalmos, in which the right eye protruded from the orbit and was no longer covered by the cornea.
Examples of exophthalmos, or protrusion of the eye from the orbit from bizarre causes, are of particular interest.
In some cases in which exophthalmos has been seemingly spontaneous, extreme laxity of the lids may serve as an explanation.