(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.
Suborbital
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Suborbitar
Example Sentences:
(1) Blood samples were drawn for cortisol analysis by suborbital sinus puncture before and after adrenocortical stimulation with 200 IU ACTH.
(2) Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) Congrats @SpaceX on landing Falcon's suborbital booster stage.
(3) SpaceX Grasshopper rocket did 6 suborbital flights 3 years ago & is still around.
(4) ERPs were recorded from 14 scalp locations, the right suborbital ridge, and the left earlobe, all referred to a balanced non-cephalic reference.
(5) The rocket blasted-off at 12 GMT Wednesday on a 21-minute suborbital flight to its target 5,700km away at the Kura test-range in Kamchatka.
(6) In order to understand the nature of the additional fibres in the bulbs of Krause, a branch of the trigeminal nerve has been sectioned in the suborbital area.
(7) Ocular findings include retinal vascular tortuosity, posterior embryotoxon, narrow palpebral fissures, suborbital discoloration, small optic nerves, iris nodules, and cataracts.
(8) Welcome to the Club!” Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) Congrats @SpaceX on landing Falcon's suborbital booster stage.
(9) SpaceX Grasshopper did 6 suborbital flights 3 years ago & is still around”.
(10) A past medical history of surgery to the left lower limb presenting a valgus deformity, and of a left suborbital angioma treated by curietherapy confirmed the diagnosis of Ollier's disease and suggested that of a Maffuci syndrome.
(11) Branson’s Virgin Galactic launched in 2004, promoting short suborbital flights to civilians in the hopes of creating a space tourism industry.
(12) Those will not be paying customers, he said, but thousands have expressed interest in paying for a trip on a suborbital craft.
(13) An unexpected finding on histology in a 73 years old patient was an isolated suborbital plexiform neurofibroma.
(14) Named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard rocket and capsule are intended for suborbital flights into space.
(15) The 700-odd passengers who coughed up serious coin for tickets into suborbit are still waiting, six years after Branson initially predicted Virgin Galactic would take flight.
(16) Anterograde and retrograde HRP transport were used to elucidate the primary central projections of the trigeminal nerve in a lamprey, Lampetra japonica, by application to the ophthalmic, apical, basilar, suborbital, and mandibular branches of the trigeminal nerve.
(17) Failure is a not unexpected outcome of a test, and this, unfortunately, was a very catastrophic failure.” Lodsdon told the Guardian that he thought the accident might “slow down the emergence of a private suborbital business,” and said that it “remains to be seen whether it will be so negative an impact that it will be impossible to revive the business.” Such an outcome would be “unfortunate, I would say sad,” he said.
(18) Six minutes in suborbital space can’t really be described as a destination.
(19) There are three types of protraction headgears: Chin support with cranial straps (Hickham), chin support with a forehead pad (Face mask) and zygoma support with a headband (Suborbital).
(20) The real goal is to perfect their equipment by flying as many as 100 suborbital flights a year.