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Definition of Epiphora
1. Noun. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
Definition of Epiphora
1. n. The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
Definition of Epiphora
1. Noun. (rhetoric) epistrophe ¹
2. Noun. (medical) excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye ¹
3. Noun. (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Epiphora
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epiphora
Literary usage of Epiphora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"epiphora.—Mr. BOWMAN has pointed out a form of epiphora depending upon displacement
... Mr. B. BELI, records two cases of this form of epiphora which he has ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"epiphora. From ivi upon and cip» I carry. This is the reverse of the last disease ;
for the tears are secreted and dig- charged too abundantly, ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1856)
"epiphora, or watery eye. This is superabundant secretion of tears, and most
commonly presents itself as a symptom of irritation of the conjunctiva. ..."
4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"epiphora is an exceedingly frequent symptom of the most various conditions, ...
For this senile epiphora instillation of the co^rium adstringens ..."
5. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"epiphora, OR WATERY EYE. The quantity of lachrymal fluid may be greater than is
necessary ... epiphora is often kept up for a long time by chronic external ..."
6. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1887)
"Lachrymation is not epiphora; in the former there is no obstruction, ... On the
contrary, in epiphora there is either obstruction in the passage, ..."
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