tear duct
Britishnoun
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His left tear duct is so inflamed his eyeball is barely visible.
From BBC
That’s when her portentous warpaint emerges, a crisp black border drawn from tear duct to wing crowning a frigid, distrustful gaze.
From Salon
The paper also reported that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the tear duct several years ago but had declined surgery to remove the eye.
From BBC
Rosa tells Holt she's "considering having her tear ducts melted shut," but he tells her, "It's not the end of the world to feel things."
From Salon
“I think when I heard them play it was like opening my tear ducts,” she said.
From Seattle Times
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