CRANIAL ORBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cranial orbit mean? 

• CRANIAL ORBIT (noun)
  The noun CRANIAL ORBIT has 1 sense:

1. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

  Familiarity information: CRANIAL ORBIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRANIAL ORBIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cranial orbit; eye socket; orbit; orbital cavity

Hypernyms ("cranial orbit" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "cranial orbit"):

lacrimal bone (small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts)

Holonyms ("cranial orbit" is a part of...):

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)