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Lachrymation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of lacrimation.

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n. The flow of tears; crying

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of shedding tears; weeping.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. shedding tears

Word Usage

"Chronic poisoning (iodism) is characterized by coryza, salivation, and lachrymation, frontal headache, loss of appetite, marked mental depression, acne of the face and chest, and a petechial eruption on the limbs."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bodily function bodily process body process activity

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

weeping