EXOPHTHALMOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exophthalmos mean? 

• EXOPHTHALMOS (noun)
  The noun EXOPHTHALMOS has 1 sense:

1. protrusion of the eyeball from the socket

  Familiarity information: EXOPHTHALMOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXOPHTHALMOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protrusion of the eyeball from the socket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("exophthalmos" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exophthalmos"):

exophthalmic goiter; Graves' disease (exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs)

Holonyms ("exophthalmos" is a part of...):

hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)

 Context examples 

Patients may present with bone pain, exophthalmos, ataxia, liver failure, kidney failure, and hypopituitarism.

(Erdheim-Chester Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients have a distinctive facial appearance which includes low-set ears, brachycephaly, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, and mandibular prognathism.

(Craniofacial Dysostosis, NCI Thesaurus)