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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lac•ri•mal /ˈlækrəməl/USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomylachrymal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lac•ri•mal (lak′rə məl),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomylachrymal (defs. 1–3).
- AnatomyAlso, lachrymal. of, pertaining to, or situated near the organs that secrete tears.
n. - AnatomySee lacrimal bone.
- variant of lachrymal 1535–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lacrimal, lachrymal, lacrymal /ˈlækrɪməl/ adj - of or relating to tears or to the glands that secrete tears
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin lachrymālis, from Latin lacrima a tear lach•ry•mal or lac•ri•mal /ˈlækrəməl/USA pronunciation adj. - of, relating to, or characterized by tears.
- Anatomyof, relating to, or having glands that produce tears.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lach•ry•mal (lak′rə məl),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to tears.
- Physiologyproducing tears.
- characterized by tears;
indicative of weeping. - Anatomylacrimal (def. 2).
n. - AnatomyAlso called lach′rymal bone′. See lacrimal bone.
- lachrymatory (def. 2).
- Medieval Latin lachrymālis, equivalent. to Latin lachrym(a) (Hellenized spelling, spelled of lacrima, lacruma (Old Latin dacrima) tear, probably Greek dákrȳma, derivative of dákry; see tear1) + -ālis -al1
- 1535–45
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