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Definition of Lacrimal apparatus
1. Noun. The structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye.
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Terms within: Lachrymal Gland, Lacrimal Gland, Tear Gland, Lachrymal Duct, Lacrimal Duct, Tear Duct, Dacryocyst, Lacrimal Sac, Tear Sac
Definition of Lacrimal apparatus
1. Noun. An ocular organ that maintains and produces moisture and tears ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Lacrimal apparatus
1. The tear-forming and tear-conducting system which includes the lacrimal glands, eyelid margins, conjunctival sac, and the tear drainage system. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimal Apparatus
Literary usage of Lacrimal apparatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"CHAPTER XX DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus DISEASES of the lacrimal structures
naturally divide themselves into those which have their seat in the ..."
2. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus. SINCE the lacrimal apparatus naturally admits
of division into a secretory and an excretory part, it will be proper to ..."
3. Text-book of Diseases of the Eye: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Howard Forde Hansell, William Merrick Sweet (1903)
"The lacrimal apparatus consists of the glands by which the tears are secreted,
the canaliculi which collect the fluid from the inner canthus, ..."
4. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1916)
"OBSTRUCTION OF THE lacrimal apparatus, OR WATERING EYE. The escape of tears on
the side of the cheek is a symptom of external inflammation of the eye, ..."
5. Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1912)
"DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus. The lacrimal glands are rarely the seat of
... The most common affections of the lacrimal apparatus are those which are ..."
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