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
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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
Even our lacrimal surrogates in Hollywood have been turning their backs on us and toward age-defying procedures that culminate in faces that can no longer approximate our sorrow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
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
The maxilla encircles the posterior border of the naris and extends dorsally above the naris to an extent sufficient to indicate the probable exclusion of the lacrimal bone from the narial border.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Richard C. Fox
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