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peri·or·bit·al | \ -ˈȯr-bət-ᵊl 
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\Medical Definition of periorbital
: of, relating to, occurring in, or being the tissues surrounding or lining the orbit of the eye
periorbital edema discoloration of the periorbital area— Norman Levine
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