The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, ophthalmology, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonyms: eyehole, eye-pit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cranial orbit, orbital cavity, orbit, eyehole, eye-pit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: socket, hole, cavity, opening
The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: socket, hole, cavity, opening
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum