eye socket
nounEtymology From eye + socket.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Sciences The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
- Near-synonyms: eyehole, eye-pit
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The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.
- Related terms
- ethmoid bone, frontal bone, lacrimal bone, maxilla, palatine bone, sphenoid bone, zygomatic bone