lachrymal
lachrymal: adj. & n. (also lacrimal, lacrymal) --adj.
1 literary of or for tears.
2 (usu. as lacrimal) Anat. concerned in the secretion of tears (lacrimal canal; lacrimal duct). --n.
1 = lachrymal vase.
2 (in pl.) (usu. as lacrimals) the lacrimal organs. lachrymal vase hist. a phial holding the tears of mourners at a funeral. [ME f. med.L lachrymalis f. L lacrima tear]
Most popular pairs with lachrymal
lachrymal bone
lachrymal secretion
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