His wig hung on one bedpost, he had lost one eye, and the patch worn over the empty eye socket had been left on the bureau.
The next day it was the same, and the day after that—except that his cheeks began to hollow a little, and his eye sockets to deepen and darken.
We were looking into the eye sockets of a skull.
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eye socket
Their bodies acclimatized to the tropical sun, they have a "considerably deeper"eyesocket(to cope with glare) and "considerably colder" skin (2: 11).
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The doctor showed me the piece of jagged shrapnel as big as a matchbox which he had removed from the boy'seyesocket.
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The key innovation for the implant is the ease with which it integrates with theeyesockettissue, giving the artificial eye natural movement.
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It most commonly refers to an acute spread of infection into theeyesocketfrom either the adjacent sinuses or through the blood.
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The outer half of the upper edges of theeyesocketcurve distinctly inward, with the outer angles broadly triangular and directed forward.
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Multiple skull fractures, a fracturedeyesocketand a fractured cheek bone left the officer fighting for his life.
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The attack left him with a fracturedeyesocketand nose.
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Due to the crushing of the skull, its fragments, mainly representing elements from the area around the righteyesocket, show little detail.
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A dermosphenoticum is present above theeyesocket.
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The postorbital has a small secondary process, jutting into the upper hind corner of theeyesocket.
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He tore a knee ligament in 2000, and a broken lefteyesocketin 2002.
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This forward protrusion of the eyes is due to immune-mediated inflammation in the retro-orbital (eyesocket) fat.
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The large size of the orbit (eyesocket) constitutes the most notable difference.
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In front of theeyesocket, the prefrontal bone forms a prominent ridge.
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Theeyesocketwas tall with a pointed lower end.
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