Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to exophthalmos.
- adjective Characterized by the prominence of the eyeballs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, resembling, or affected with exophthalmia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.
- adjective Same as
Rasedow's disease .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, or relating to
exophthalmos - adjective having
prominent eyeballs
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Examples
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The very complex disease known as exophthalmic goitre, and shown by irregular and rapid action of the heart, protruding eyeballs and a variety of mental symptoms, is also associated with this gland, and occasioned not by a deficiency but by an excess or perversion of its secretion.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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Gigi looked at me with her exophthalmic eyes, eyes that seemed to beg, "Get me out of this dress and let me chase a rabbit, a squirrel, a chipmunk, anything!"
Humane Society benefit brings out the tails, tutus and cuff links 2010
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Gigi looked at me with her exophthalmic eyes, eyes that seemed to beg, "Get me out of this dress and let me chase a rabbit, a squirrel, a chipmunk, anything!"
Humane Society benefit brings out the tails, tutus and cuff links 2010
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Gigi looked at me with her exophthalmic eyes, eyes that seemed to beg, "Get me out of this dress and let me chase a rabbit, a squirrel, a chipmunk, anything!"
Humane Society benefit brings out the tails, tutus and cuff links 2010
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In the same moment, Haj jerks himself bolt upright like a jack-in-the-box and rakes the table with his wild, exophthalmic gaze:
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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In the same moment, Haj jerks himself bolt upright like a jack-in-the-box and rakes the table with his wild, exophthalmic gaze:
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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The slightly exophthalmic pale blue eyes were wide open; they looked as if pressure on the forehead would dislodge them and they would roll like glass balls over the pale cheeks.
The Murder Room James, P. D. 1988
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In addition, it may be as well to remember that death sometimes occurs suddenly in exophthalmic goitre, hypertrophy of the thymus, and in
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The disease is confined almost entirely, though not exclusively, to women, and I should not advise any exophthalmic woman to marry; neither should I advise a man to marry an exophthalmic goiter woman.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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The children, if not affected by exophthalmic goiter, are liable to be very neurotic.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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