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  [awrb] /ɔrb/ noun 1. a sphere or globe: a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs. 2. the eyeball or eye: He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world. 3. any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon: He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun. 4. […]

• Orbicular

  [awr-bik-yuh-ler] /ɔrˈbɪk yə lər/ adjective 1. like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded. /ɔːˈbɪkjʊlə/ adjective 1. circular or spherical 2. (of a leaf or similar flat part) circular or nearly circular 3. (rare) rounded or total adj. “round, circular, spherical,” mid-15c., from Old French orbiculaire “round, circular,” or directly from Late Latin orbicularis “circular, orbicular,” […]

• Orbiculare

  orbiculare or·bic·u·lar·e (ôr-bĭk’yə-lâr’ē) n. See lenticular process of incus.

• Orbicular muscle of eye

  orbicular muscle of eye n. A muscle consisting of three parts: the orbital or external part, the palpebral or internal part, and the lacrimal part. The nerve supply of all three parts is from the facial nerve; the action of all three parts closes the eye and wrinkles the forehead vertically.

• Orbicular muscle of mouth

  orbicular muscle of mouth n. A muscle with origin from the septum of the nose, by the superior incisive bundle from the incisor fossa of the maxilla, and the lower jaw on each side of the symphysis; the fibers surround the mouth between the skin and the mucous membrane of lips and cheeks and are […]

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