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EXOPHTHALMOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("exophthalmos" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exophthalmos"):
exophthalmic goiter; Graves' disease (exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs)
Holonyms ("exophthalmos" is a part of...):
hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)
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