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ORBITAL CAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Synonyms:
cranial orbit; eye socket; orbit; orbital cavity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("orbital cavity" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Meronyms (parts of "orbital cavity"):
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)
Holonyms ("orbital cavity" is a part of...):
skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)
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