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epiphora

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[ih-pif-er-uh] / ɪˈpɪf ər ə /

noun

  1. Pathology. an overflow of tears due to excessive secretion of the lacrimal glands or obstruction of the lacrimal ducts.

  2. Rhetoric. epistrophe.

Etymology

Origin of epiphora

1650–60; < Latin epiphora an afflux, repetition < Greek epiphorá a bringing upon. See epi-, -phore

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