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Definition of Lacrimatory
1. Adjective. Relating to or prompting tears.
Definition of Lacrimatory
1. Adjective. producing tears; lachrymatory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Lacrimatory
1. Causing lacrimation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimatory
Literary usage of Lacrimatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"lacrimatory; 3. Sneezing. 1. The lethal gases, such as chlorine, bromine, ...
It is evident that sufficient concentration of the lacrimatory gases would ..."
2. The Medical Aspects of Mustard Gas Poisoning by Aldred Scott Warthin, Carl Vernon Weller (1919)
"The lacrimatory gases may also act upon the respiratory tract, and have a general
toxic action. It is, of course, evident, that in the selection of gases ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In a precious reliquary is preserved a lacrimatory in which, according to a pious
legend, Nicodemus collected some drops of the Blood of Christ. ..."
4. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"In view of the important part which poisonous gases and lacrimatory shells played
in the battles ashore, precautions had to be taken to meet this ..."
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