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eye socket

noun

  1. the socket or orbit of the eye.


eye socket

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for orbit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eye socket1

First recorded in 1835–45
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PC Attwell, who was in court surrounded by family and colleagues, spent days in hospital with severe facial injuries including a fractured cheekbone, eye socket and broken nose.

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A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery.

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Some of the injuries victims suffered included a broken eye socket, a dislocated shoulder and a broken nose.

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Noses, mouths and eye sockets are twisted, damaged and squashed.

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A motorist suffered a broken jaw and eye socket during a robbery in which his vehicle was pulled over by a fake police car after a motorway collision.

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