exophthalmos
noun
protrusion of the eyeball from the orbit, caused by disease, especially hyperthyroidism, or injury.
exophthalmic
-
a word derived from
exophthalmos.
Example Sentences
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Anesthesia per rectum by ether with olive oil, particularly useful where exophthalmic goitre makes a patient nervous.
From Time Magazine Archive
An unfailing test for exophthalmic goitre is the basal metabolism rate, measured by a simple breathing machine.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 19th Century more women than men got ulcers and exophthalmic goiter; since 1900 it has been the other way around, increasingly so.
From Time Magazine Archive
My Scotch terrier Banjo," he said, "has very-beautiful and tender eyes and is not exophthalmic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The children, if not affected by exophthalmic goiter, are liable to be very neurotic.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
