eye socket (redirected from eye sockets)

eye socket

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for orbit [3]

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eye socket - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball cranial orbit, orbital cavity, orbit bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body lacrimal bone - small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates