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orbita

SYN: orbit. [L. a wheel-track, fr. orbis, circle]

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or·bi·ta (orґbĭ-tə) gen. and pl. orґbitae [L. “mark of a wheel, circuit”] [TA] orbit: the bony cavity that contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves; the ethmoid, frontal, lacrimal, nasal, palatine, sphenoid, and zygomatic bones, and the maxilla contribute to its formation.

Orbita (orbit).

Medical dictionary. 2011.