exophthalmos

American  

[ek-sof-thal-muhs, -mos] / ˌɛk sɒfˈθæl məs, -mɒs /

Also exophthalmus

noun

Pathology.

1. protrusion of the eyeball from the orbit, caused by disease, especially hyperthyroidism, or injury.

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exophthalmos British  

/ ˌɛksɒfˈθælmɒs, ˌɛksɒfˈθælmɪə, ˌɛksɒfˈθælməs /

noun

1. Also called: proptosis.   ocular proptosis.  abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, as caused by hyperthyroidism

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Other Word Forms

• exophthalmic adjective

Etymology

Origin of exophthalmos

1870–75; < New Latin < Greek exóphthalmos with prominent eyes, equivalent to ex- ex- ³ + ophthalmós eye; ophthalmic

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Example Sentences

It occasionally happens that in undoubted cases of the disease one or other of the three above-named phenomena is absent, generally either the goitre or the exophthalmos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Among the older writers we find Ficker and the Ephemerides giving instances of exophthalmos from vomiting.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

It must not be forgotten, however, that there are cases in which there is no exophthalmos and even no goitre, at least no enlargement of the thyroid gland that can be demonstrated externally.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Symptomatology.—There are four cardinal symptoms of the disease: rapid heart action, tremor, enlargement of the thyroid, and exophthalmos.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

There are risks on the one hand of a most unseemly exophthalmos with divergent squint, and on the other of a retraction of the semilunar fold, so that the sub-conjunctival operation is always preferable.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph