Definition of Lacrymal

1. n. & a. See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.

Definition of Lacrymal

1. a bone near the tear-gland [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrymal

lacrimoconchal suture
lacrimogenous
lacrimomaxillary suture
lacrimoso
lacrimotomy
lacroixite
lacrosse
lacrosse ball
lacrosse player
lacrosse stick
lacrosse sticks
lacrosselike
lacrosses
lacrosstitutes
lacrymal (current term)
lacrymals
lacrymiform
lacs
lact-
lactaceous
lactacid oxygen debt
lactacidemia
lactacidosis
lactacystin
lactage
lactagogue
lactalbumin
lactalbumins
lactaldehyde

Literary usage of Lacrymal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the diseases of the eye by Charles Henry May (1914)
"The lacrymal apparatus consists of a secretory portion, the lacrymal gland, ... The lacrymal gland is a small, oblong body, placed in the upper and outer ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1856)
"Cancer of the lacrymal caruncle.i Some authors speak of cancerous disease ... Implication of the lacrymal caruncle, however, in cancer commencing in ..."

3. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"THE lacrymal APPARATUS. The lacrymal apparatus of each eye consists of the gland, its excretory ducts, the lacrymal canal, the lacrymal sac, and the nasal ..."

4. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by William Lawrence (1833)
"THE lacrymal, like the other conglomerate glands, is very rarely diseased. SCHMIDT states that acute inflammation of this gland, with inflammatory swelling ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1883)
"showed a case of abscess which was lacrymal in situation, at the Paris Societe de Chirurgie. In the report upon the case, attention is drawn to the fact ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Purulent Inflammation of the Palpebral Portion of the lacrymal Gland, ... The accessory lacrymal gland is contained between the two leaflets, ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1920)
"Its inner wall is then separated from the periosteum by means of closed blunt- : FIG. 520.—INSTRUMENTS FOR EXTIRPATION OP lacrymal SAC. os. ia 3 and 4. ..."

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