lacrimation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lacrimation
1565–75; < Latin lacrimātiōn- (stem of lacrimātiō ) weeping, equivalent to lacrimāt ( us ) past participle of lacrimāre to weep ( see lachrymal, -ate 1) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Eating them causes “salivation, lacrimation and perspiration,” Mr. Lincoff said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2011
At the same time there are slight catarrhal symptoms present, including lacrimation and a little mucous discharge from the nostrils.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Some years ago, some seventy laborers, who were clearing away snow-drifts in the Caucasus, were seized, and thirty of them could not find their way home, so great was the photophobia, conjunctivitis, and lacrimation.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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