epiphora
American
[ih-pif-er-uh]
/ ɪˈpɪf ər ə /
noun
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Pathology. an overflow of tears due to excessive secretion of the lacrimal glands or obstruction of the lacrimal ducts.
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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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