Enophthalmos
Under enophthalmos ( Ophthalmos, Greek for " eyeball " ) refers to the sinking of the eyeball in the eye socket (orbit ). It is a symptom that can have many causes:
In animals, a enophthalmos is always associated with an incident of, in humans only rudimentary nictitating membrane.
The opposite of enophthalmos is exophthalmos.
- Symptom of disease in ophthalmology