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tear duct

British  
/ tɪə /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for lacrimal duct

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K is now completely blind in his left eye, his tear duct was destroyed and the “flaps of my eye are barely holding on,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

Connor's first reconstructive surgery to his face lasted more than three hours and he'll need more surgeries to repair nerve damage and his tear duct, his mother, Cassandra Ware, said through the sheriff's office.

From Fox News • Feb. 9, 2022

In a photo of it, Ms. Stern, a makeup artist in the Los Angeles area, had accentuated her green iris with a dab of silver shimmery eye shadow and rhinestones near her tear duct.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

She told about a time when she took her young son to a doctor because he had a blocked tear duct.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2021

He rubbed harder, and something squeezed out of his tear duct.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda