Lachrymal

lachrymal
    adj 1: of or relating to tears [syn: {lacrimal}, {lachrymal}]
    2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
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Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
   lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
   A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers
   of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that
   the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in
   it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.
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Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See {Lachrymose}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
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   2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the
      lachrymal gland.
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   3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal[2] organs; as,
      lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
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Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n.
   See {Lachrymatory}.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "lachrymal":
      bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying,
      dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears,
      lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy,
      purulent, pussy, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary,
      salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal,
      serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, suppurated,
      suppurating, suppurative, tearful, tearlike, teary, watering,
      watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused