different between eyeball vs exophthalmos

English

Alternative forms

• eye-ball (obsolete)

Etymology

From eye +? ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe ey?e (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. The ball of the eye.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2

     Go, make thyself like a nymph o' th' sea.

     Be subject to no sight but thine and mine, invisible

     To every eyeball else. Go, take this shape,

     And hither come in't; go! Hence, with diligence!

2. A person's focus of attention.
3. (marketing, in the plural) A readership or viewership.

   We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.

4. (CB radio, slang) A face-to-face meeting.

5. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

Synonyms

• eye-apple

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

eyeball (third-person singular simple present eyeballs, present participle eyeballing, simple past and past participle eyeballed)

1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

2. To scrutinize
3. To stare at intently

   Are you eyeballing my girl?

4. To roll one's eyes.

Derived terms

• eyeballer

Translations

See also

• bums in seats
• click-through

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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