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eye socket

[′ī ‚säk·ət]
(anatomy)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Next month she will undergo yet more surgery, at the Queen's Medical Centre, to create an eye socket for her using body fat from her stomach.
"This member of security attended A&E afterwards and has a suspected fracture of the eye socket. "This was the third time he had thrown an object at people near the entrance.
Mr Whitty added the victim had suffered a displaced fracture of the left cheekbone and eye socket as a result of the assault.
"He was involved in an altercation with two men and was punched to the face causing a fractured eye socket which required hospital treatment.
The graduate was taken to Royal Liverpool Hospital where X-rays confirmed she had a fractured eye socket.
Dramatic footage showed the moment a male suspect walks up behind the unsuspecting victim and delivers a right hook to the side of the man's head, leaving him with a broken jaw and eye socket.
OFFICERS investigating an assault in a city-centre nightspot in Swansea which left a 22-year-old man with a fractured eye socket have appealed for witnesses.
THE victim of a horrific street attack in Coventry was beaten so badly that his eye socket "exploded", detectives say.
Sydney, Jan 9( ANI ): All rounder Marlon Samuels, who suffered a severe eye socket injury after edging a ball from pace man Lasith Malinga through the grill of his helmet into his face on Sunday during the Big Bash League's Melbourne derby, is highly unlikely to play in the West Indies' one-day series against Australia next month.
A MAN was jailed after attacking a fellow pub-goer in an unprovoked attack and breaking his eye socket.
ST MIRREN defender Marc McAusland is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a suspected fractured eye socket in Saturday's draw with Aberdeen.
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