Definitions for lachrymal

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lachrymal lach·ry·mal

Spelling: [lak-ruh-muh l]

IPA: /ˈlæk rə məl/

Lachrymal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in lachrymal (aachllmry).

Definitions for lachrymal

noun

1. Also called lachrymal bone. Anatomy. lacrimal bone.
2. lachrymatory (def 2).

adjective

1. of or relating to tears.
2. producing tears.
3. characterized by tears; indicative of weeping.
4. Anatomy. lacrimal (def 2).

Origin of lachrymal

1535-45; Medieval Latin lachrymālis, equivalent to Latin lachrym(a) (Hellenized spelling of lacrima, lacruma (OL dacrima) tear, probably ≪ Greek dákrȳma, derivative of dákry; see Examples for lachrymal

The lachrymal in Manatus is very small, but is larger in Halicore.

The lachrymal foramen is external to the margin of the orbit.

The lachrymal may either be united to the jugal or may be large and distinct.

I didn't know he had lachrymal glands at all until a little while ago.

Why is the lachrymal secretion of the horse's eye thick and glutinous?

And, following this, the little girl lifted her voice in lachrymal lament.

This is accompanied by pain and swelling in the lachrymal region.

The lachrymal foramen is in front of the margin of the orbit.

He was not praised for the lachrymal sack, and Aboulcasem's cup.

Tears were a reflex response of the lachrymal glands to these events.