Lacrymal

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  • adj. Alternative spelling of lachrymal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-noun. See lachrymatory, n., and lachrymal, a.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In anatomy and physiology, of or pertaining to tears; secreting tears; conveying tears: as, the lacrymal apparatus.
  • n. One of the bones of the face in vertebrates; in man, the os unguis, or nail-bone, so called from its resemblance in size and shape to a human finger-nail.
  • n. Same as lacrymatory.
  • n. plural Tears; a fit of weeping.
  • n. In ichthyology:
  • n. A bone lateral to the ethmoid in fishes, the prefrontal: not homologous with the bone called ‘lacrvmal’ by Parker.
  • n. A bone in front of the eye in fishes, part of the suborbital ring; the preorbital: not homologous with the bone called ‘lacrymal’ by Geoffroy.
    • Word Usage
    "Old now, with overactive lacrymal glands and hesitant speech, he did not in the least appeal to his present patient."
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    lachrymatory    lachrymal   
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