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The skull has an enormous eye socket and a long sword-like snout that it used to eat fish and squid.

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Once replaced in the eye socket, T. Ocellus takes over the ocular pathways to the brain, overriding the neurotransmissions throughout the body.

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As a standout offensive and defensive lineman at Kennedy Catholic High in Washington, his shoulder would pop out of its socket during almost every game.

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It turned out the tumour between his eye socket and brain was a cholesterol granuloma, which is a type of benign cyst.

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At its worst the pain around Nick's eye socket can feel like his eyeball is getting crushed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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