orbital
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- adjective
- /ˈɔrbɪtəl/
- Specialized
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orbital
- After the accident, the doctor examined her to check for damage to her orbital bone.
- orbital floor
- orbital fracture
- orbital abscess
And now I'm going to use this finger to gently tap along my orbital bone.
- And now I'm going to use this finger to gently tap along my orbital bone.
- And I just wiggle my fingers together and I go on that orbital bone right here above the brow.
- The bullet travelled right under my eye and blew out, vaporized my orbital floor.
Examples
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The trauma center treated him for a severe injury to his orbital area after the fall.
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Nevertheless, only a few reports mention its use in the diagnosis of orbital infections.
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And now I'm going to use this finger to gently tap along my orbital bone.
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Two patients were excluded from the study due to bilateral orbital floor fractures.
Academic text (2011) -
Currently, the most common treatment for orbital floor fractures is immediate surgical intervention.
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A 24-year-old man sustained a right orbital floor fracture from a sporting accident.
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There's minor swelling, indicating a contusion on the orbital plate.
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Surgical drainage involves the drainage of both the infected sinuses and any existing orbital abscesses.
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Postoperatively, this patient developed a right-sided orbital abscess, which resolved on intravenous antibiotics and drainage.
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Swelling around the eye can indicate an issue with the orbital socket that needs medical attention.
Synonyms
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Near the eye socket that holds the eye
Located inside the eye socket
Compounds
- Specialized
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A flat path in space that a thing follows as it goes around a planet or star
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Movement of one object around another in space, like a planet around a star
- Specialized
An object moving in a curved path around another object, not spinning on itself
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Orbital also refers to the eye area and comes from the same Latin orbita, which people used for a 'round hollow' or 'eye socket'. So, in medicine an orbital problem is one that is around the eye.