EXOPHTHALMOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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