eye socket
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eye socket
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Preserved in nearly perfect three-dimensional detail, the skeleton includes a skull with a huge eye socket and an elongated, sword-like snout.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
Once replaced in the eye socket, T. Ocellus takes over the ocular pathways to the brain, overriding the neurotransmissions throughout the body.
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025
It turned out the tumour between his eye socket and brain was a cholesterol granuloma, which is a type of benign cyst.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025
After spending six days in the ICU in Reno, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where another medical team tended to his shattered cheekbones, jaw and eye socket.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024
After two months in the hospital, she came home with a glass eye inserted in her right eye socket.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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