lacrimal

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  lacrimal    lachrymal  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lacrimal

▶adjective & noun variant spelling of lachrymal.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lachrymal /ˈlakrɪm(ə)l/ (also lacrimal or lacrymal)

▶adjective

• 1 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears.

• 2 (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears.

▶noun (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket.

– origin ME: from med. L. lachrymalis, from L. lacrima ‘tear’.