eye socket
See also: eyesocket
English
Alternative forms
- eye-socket, eyesocket
Etymology
From eye + socket.
Noun
eye socket (plural eye sockets)
- (anatomy) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
Synonyms
- cranial orbit
- orbit
- orbital cavity
Meronyms
- (bones making up the eye socket) frontal bone, zygomatic bone, maxilla, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone, palatine bone, lacrimal bone
Translations
socket of eye
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