Located or occurring outside the orbit of the eye; relating to areas around but not within the eye socket.
From Latin 'extra' (outside) + 'orbital' (from Late Latin 'orbita', a track or circle, originally meaning 'rut' or 'path'). The anatomical meaning of orbit developed in medieval Latin for the eye socket.
Brain tumors, infections, or injuries can be extraorbital—affecting the bone and tissue surrounding your eye socket—which is actually sometimes safer to treat than problems inside the orbit itself since they won't directly damage your vision.
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