exophthalmos

American  

[ek-sof-thal-muhs, -mos] / ˌɛk sɒfˈθæl məs, -mɒs /

Also exophthalmus

noun

Pathology.

1. protrusion of the eyeball from the orbit, caused by disease, especially hyperthyroidism, or injury.

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exophthalmos British  

/ ˌɛksɒfˈθælmɒs, ˌɛksɒfˈθælmɪə, ˌɛksɒfˈθælməs /

noun

1. Also called: proptosis.   ocular proptosis.  abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, as caused by hyperthyroidism

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Other Word Forms

• exophthalmic adjective

Etymology

Origin of exophthalmos

1870–75; < New Latin < Greek exóphthalmos with prominent eyes, equivalent to ex- ex- ³ + ophthalmós eye; see ophthalmic

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Example Sentences

It occasionally happens that in undoubted cases of the disease one or other of the three above-named phenomena is absent, generally either the goitre or the exophthalmos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

There have been people who prided themselves on their ability to produce partial exophthalmos.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

There are risks on the one hand of a most unseemly exophthalmos with divergent squint, and on the other of a retraction of the semilunar fold, so that the sub-conjunctival operation is always preferable.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Sub-conjunctival ecchymosis, and some degree of exophthalmos, are almost always present.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

In some cases in which exophthalmos has been seemingly spontaneous, extreme laxity of the lids may serve as an explanation.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)