different between exophthalmos vs exophthalmic

exophthalmos

English

Alternative forms

  • exophthalmia
  • exophthalmus

Noun

exophthalmos (usually uncountable, plural exophthalmoses)

  1. (pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket.

Derived terms

  • exophthalmic
  • pseudoexophthalmos

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exophthalmic

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Adjective

exophthalmic

  1. Of, or relating to exophthalmos.
    • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 147]:
      She was given hormone injections and pills and she grew slender. Judging from the exophthalmic bulge, it must've been thyroxine that they put her on.
  2. Having prominent eyeballs.

Derived terms

  • exophthalmic goiter
  • exophthalmic ophthalmoplegia

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