ORBITAL CAVITY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does orbital cavity mean? 

• ORBITAL CAVITY (noun)
  The noun ORBITAL CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

  Familiarity information: ORBITAL CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORBITAL CAVITY (noun)

Meaning:

The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cranial orbit; eye socket; orbital cavity; orbit

Hypernyms ("orbital cavity" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "orbital cavity"):

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 ("orbital cavity" is a part of...):

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)