lacrimal
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. Also of, relating to, or situated near the organs that secrete tears.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lacrimal
First recorded in 1535–45; variant of lachrymal
Example Sentences
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Even our lacrimal surrogates in Hollywood have been turning their backs on us and toward age-defying procedures that culminate in faces that can no longer approximate our sorrow.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
Next are two sets of lacrimal glands that supply the watery tears.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021
These are the paired maxillary, palatine, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, and inferior nasal conchae bones, and the unpaired vomer and mandible bones.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland, located beneath the lateral edges of the nose.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In size and shape of the lacrimal processes, and the great thickening of the jugal at the maxillo-jugal suture they approach robustus.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
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