lacrimation
noun
the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
lachrymation
-
a variation of
lacrimation.
Example Sentences
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Ellen gives Brian to a school teacher for adoption, and there the lachrymation bursts forth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pupil normal, conjunctiva moderately congested, lachrymation profuse, photophobia partial.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
This pellicle is also said to have a connection with the heart, which arrangement furnishes a decidedly curious explanation of the mechanism of sympathetic and maudlin lachrymation.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Ophthalmia, which begins in the left eye, with lachrymation and night agglutination of the eyelids.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
As a rule, however, the eyes are somewhat suffused, and there is slight lachrymation and photophobia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
