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tear duct

British  
/ tɪə /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for lacrimal duct

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

That’s when her portentous warpaint emerges, a crisp black border drawn from tear duct to wing crowning a frigid, distrustful gaze.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024

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

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

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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