(n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
(n.) An orb or ball.
(n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
(n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(2) The nature of the putative autoantigen in Graves' ophthalmopathy (Go) remains an enigma but the sequence similarity between thyroglobulin (Tg) and acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) provides a rationale for epitopes which are common to the thyroid gland and the eye orbit.
(3) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(4) Computed Tomography was used to demonstrate the increased retro-orbital fat.
(5) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
(6) As with alloplastic orbital implant extrusions in enucleated sockets, autogeneous dermis fat grafts can be useful in managing extrusions in previously eviscerated sockets.
(7) Orbital hypertelorism, strictly defined as an increase in bony interorbital distance, is not itself an isolated syndrome, but is instead an anomaly that may occur as either part of a syndrome or malformation sequence.
(8) In several other cases, MR provided information beyond that obtained with CT. MR has the advantage of providing exquisite anatomic detail in multiplanar images, and it appears to be more sensitive than CT in detecting small, subacute and chronic hemorrhage within soft-tissue masses in the orbit and in detecting ischemia of the globe.
(9) We describe here two essentially different patterns of behavioral recovery following selective lesions of the dorsolateral and orbital prefrontal cortex.
(10) A planet with conditions that could support life orbits a twin neighbour of the sun visible to the naked eye, scientists have revealed.
(11) Bacterial orbital cellulitis is a feared complication of paranasal sinus infection.
(12) The procedure appears to relieve papilledema by filtering small quantities of cerebrospinal fluid into the orbit.
(13) Comments on the symptomatology, exploratory means and differential diagnosis with other sinusal or orbital conditions.
(14) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
(15) Active palpebral occlusion was retained by means of the orbital portion of the orbicularis muscle.
(16) Complications due to orbital or intracranial development of the osteoma are rare and demand neurosurgical treatment.
(17) A review of 104 patients with acute orbital cellulitis during the past decade showed that the frequency of hospital admissions for this disease has increased recently.
(18) Techniques borrowed for the correction of congenital craniofacial deformities and acute traumatic reconstruction have improved the quality of secondary post-traumatic orbital reconstruction.
(19) Follow up consisted of clinical investigation, laboratory evaluation with detailed thyroid function tests and complete ophthalmological assessments including A and B scan ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT) of the orbits.
(20) The advances in lid and orbital surgery are due to the improvements made in diagnostic equipment and to technical refinements.
Revaluation
Definition:
(n.) A second or new valuation.
Example Sentences:
(1) He has some suggestions for what might be done, including easing changing the planning laws to free up parts of the green belt, financial incentives to persuade local authorities to build, and the replacement of the council tax and stamp duty land tax with a new local property tax with automatic annual revaluations.
(2) The revaluation at the end of the study showed a good compliance for the proposed diet scheme by children, but a poor compliance by their families.
(3) "I can't imagine how many Chinese factories will go bankrupt, how many Chinese workers would lose their jobs [in the event that China revalued]," he warned.
(4) Both Hodge and David Lammy , the Labour MP for Tottenham, who has declared he will run for mayor, also said a council tax revaluation should be the priority.
(5) It would have been far simpler, and more honest, just to revive the old rates, perhaps by increasing the number of council tax bands to reflect a wider spread of house values, and with automatic revaluation.
(6) At histologic revaluation only two cases fulfilled the criteria for true CMF, whereas six were classified as other benign bone lesions and one proved to be a chondrosarcoma.
(7) The increase in business rates is a result of a revaluation of property in Britain.
(8) 4) In view of the diversity of the surgical techniques practiced in patients in stage V, a revaluation of this stage is necessary to individualize treatment.
(9) Sir Michael added that, despite the fact that overall council tax revenue had increased by 4% as a result of Welsh revaluation, local residents had accepted the increase.
(10) Following legal advice, affected councils have responded to further letters from GVA setting out that their arguments for relief remain unfounded.” A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: “This revaluation improves the fairness of rate bills by making sure they more closely reflect the property market.
(11) In order to revalue the effects of colchicine on incisor secretory ameloblasts, entire mice were perfused with Krebs solution supplemented with a buffer and amino acids, through the right common carotid artery.
(12) Our book offers a complete revaluation and reinterpretation of the work and the life," he said.
(13) Businesses in London will be hit with a tax increase of at least £900m a year due to a revaluation of rates, with firms facing a 45% rise in their tax bill, according to government data.
(14) On business rates, a newly unchained Scottish parliament could institute an immediate revaluation of properties, bringing with it a higher threshold before rates are payable and allowing some businesses to escape payment altogether.
(15) Cameron trumped Miliband's cowardice by also pledging no revaluation.
(16) "Sir Michael referred to the lessons of revaluation in Wales," he said.
(17) It is necessary to revalue the permitted values of arsenic content in sea-fish and in products made from their meat and to defend the upper limits of the permitted arsenic value, which will require the purposeful organization of effective laboratory tests the results of which will directly influence an estimation of fish raw material and will provide the corresponding hygienic quality of fish and fish products.
(18) Hammond indicated that more frequent revaluations – which would stop the wild fluctuations in the amount businesses have to pay – would not be introduced before the next revaluation in 2022.
(19) Medical professionals need to revaluate current ethical standards which permit the killing of a normal fetus but require the use of heroic efforts to save the life of a severely deformed or mentally handicapped child once that child is born.
(20) Many are asset-rich and income poor and the threat of a mansion tax would force these people to sell up.” A council tax would be a fairer way to raise income, Leeming added, with a revaluation of the system and additional bands introduced.