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lacrimal bone

noun Anatomy.

a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.

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Nearby words

  1. lacquey,
  2. lacretelle,
  3. lacrimal,
  4. lacrimal apparatus,
  5. lacrimal artery,
  6. lacrimal canal,
  7. lacrimal caruncle,
  8. lacrimal duct,
  9. lacrimal fold,
  10. lacrimal gland

Origin of lacrimal bone

First recorded in 1850–55
Also called lacrimal.
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Medicine definitions for lacrimal bone

lacrimal bone

n.

A thin irregularly rectangular plate forming part of the medial wall of the eye socket behind the frontal process of the maxilla.
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