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1. Orbital cavity — the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven…
orbital cavity, orbit, eye-hole, cranial orbit, eye-pit dated
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- n. 1
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
Example sentences
- orbit The moon's orbit is always concave toward the sun.
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- 5 letters
- orbit2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (orbit2 = 2 syllables).