lacrimal bone

noun Anatomy.

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

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Also called lacrimal.

Origin of lacrimal bone

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby lacrimal bone

lacquey, lacretelle, lacrimal, lacrimal apparatus, lacrimal artery, lacrimal bone, lacrimal canal, lacrimal caruncle, lacrimal duct, lacrimal fold, lacrimal gland
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Medical 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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