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lachesis |
lachnolaimus |
lachnolaimus maximus |
lachrymæ christi |
lachrymable |
Lachrymal
| lachrymal duct
| lachrymal gland
| lachrymal secretion
| lachrymals
| lachrymary
Lachrymal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Lachrymal has 2 senses
- lachrymal(a = adj.pert) lacrimal - of or relating to tears; Array
- lachrymal(a = adj.pert) lacrimal - relating to or located near the organ that produces tears; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lachrymal, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.].
- Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to the lachrymal{2} organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. [1913 Webster]
Lachrymal, n.
See Lachrymatory. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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.
--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.
Idiom
lachrymal vase hist. a phial holding the tears of mourners at a funeral.
Etymology
ME f. med.L lachrymalis f. L lacrima tear
THESAURUS
Lachrymal
bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying, dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, suppurated, suppurating, suppurative, tearful, tearlike, teary, watering, watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused
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