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lacrimal

a. Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs. n. (alternative spelling of lachrymal English) (gloss: vase intended for collecting tears).

WordNet
lacrimal
  1. adj. of or relating to tears [syn: lachrymal]

  2. relating to or located near the organ that produces tears [syn: lachrymal]

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Lacrimal

The term Lacrimal , also spelled lachrymal, can refer to:

  • In typography:
    • A type of Stroke ending (typography)
  • In anatomy
    • Lacrimal apparatus
    • Lacrimal artery
    • Lacrimal bone
    • Lacrimal canaliculi (singular: canaliculus), also known as Lacrimal ducts
    • Lacrimal fossa (disambiguation)
    • Lacrimal fluid, see Tears
    • Lacrimal gland
    • Lacrimal groove, also known as Lacrimal sulcus
    • Lacrimal hamulus
    • Lacrimal lake
    • Lacrimal nerve
    • Lacrimal papilla
    • Lacrimal punctum
    • Lacrimal sac
    • Lacrimal secretion, see Tears
    • Lacrimal tubercle
    • Nasolacrimal duct

Usage examples of "lacrimal".

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Her lacrimal sacs emptied into the lacrimal lakes, which reached flood stage, and two more droplets sluiced a little misery out of her eyes.

The eyes produced tears, and blink reflexes cut in, intended to wash foreign bodies off the eye, into the lacrimal duct and into the nose.

But in microgravity there was no gravity feed to the lacrimal duct.

And the particles which were forced into Libet's lacrimal duct did not run out of her nose, because her nose was almost stopped up by excessive mucous secretions.

In response to strong emotions the lacrimal glands are particularly active, and secrete tears past the capacity of the lacrimal ducts, even at their best, to dispose of them.

They shed tears often, just to prove we have lacrimal glands, unlike fish.

Because his lacrimal glands and tear ducts were intact, Barty could cry with his plastic eyes.