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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Every portrait depicts a pale woman with a sharp nose, bow lips, slightly receding chin, and dark eyes with a pink lacrimal caruncle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
For the new study, researchers administered oxytocin to the dogs’ lacrimal gland, which is responsible for tear secretion.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
Next are two sets of lacrimal glands that supply the watery tears.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
The ethmoid bone and lacrimal bone make up much of the medial wall and the sphenoid bone forms the posterior orbit.
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 Stephen D. Durrant
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