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exopthalmia

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exopthalmia (eks·p·thalˑ·mē·),
n condition marked by bulging eye-balls; may be caused by a wide array of anomalies, such as edema, tumor, injury to the extraocular muscles, Graves' disease, and other endocrine disorders. Also called
protusio bulbi.
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The resultant overexpansion of the swim bladder in physoclists causes injuries to multiple organs (barotrauma) including exopthalmia ("pop-eye") (Parrish and Moffitt, 1993; Rummer and Bennett, 2005).
 
 
 
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