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Definition of Lacrimal
1. Adjective. Of or relating to tears.
2. Adjective. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
Definition of Lacrimal
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of lachrymal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lacrimal
1. a type of vase [n -S] - See also: vase
Medical Definition of Lacrimal
1. Pertaining to the tears. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimal
Literary usage of Lacrimal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"The superior or attached border articulates in front with the conchal crest of
the maxilla, then ascends to form the lacrimal process, which articulates ..."
2. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"CHAPTER XX DISEASES OF THE lacrimal APPARATUS DISEASES of the lacrimal ...
The unilateral chronic form of inflammation of the lacrimal gland is more common, ..."
3. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"In presenting this subject it is not my purpose to discuss the various modes of
treatment of lacrimal obstruction and its sequelae, nor to advocate one ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"At the lateral angle of the upper eyelid the ducts of the lacrimal gland open
... The lacrimal gland is lodged in the lacrimal fossa, on the medial side of ..."
5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The lacrimal nerve will be found piercing the palpebral fascia near the lateral
... The following structures are included under this head : (i) the lacrimal ..."
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