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lachrymal

Pronunciation: /ˈlakrɪm(ə)l/
(also lacrimal or lacrymal)
Definition of lachrymal

adjective

  • 1 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears: that hysterical, then lachrymal, then guilt-ridden hour
  • 2 (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears:lacrimal cells

noun

  • 1 (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket.

Origin:

late Middle English (in lachrymal (sense 2 of the adjective)): from medieval Latin lachrymalis, from Latin lacrima 'tear'

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