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lach⋅ry⋅mal

  [lak-ruh-muhl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to tears.
2. producing tears.
3. characterized by tears; indicative of weeping.
4. Anatomy. lacrimal (def. 2).
–noun
5. Also called lachrymal bone. Anatomy. lacrimal bone.
6. lachrymatory (def. 2).
Origin:
1535–45; < ML lachrymālis, equiv. to L lachrym(a) (Hellenized sp. of lacrima, lacruma (OL dacrima) tear, prob. ≪ Gk dákrȳma, deriv. of dákry; see tear 1 ) + -ālis -al 1

lach⋅ry⋅ma⋅to⋅ry

  [lak-ruh-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or causing the shedding of tears.
–noun
2. Also called lachrymal. a small, narrow-necked vase found in ancient Roman tombs, formerly thought to have been used to catch and keep the tears of bereaved friends.
Also, lacrimatory.

Origin:
1650–60; (n.) < ML lachrymātōrium, equiv. to lachrymā(re) to shed tears + -tōrium -tory 2 ; (adj.) < ML lachrymātōrius, equiv. to lachrymā(re) + -tōrius -tory 1 ; see lachrymal

lac⋅ri⋅mal

  [lak-ruh-muhl]
–adjective
1. lachrymal (defs. 1–3).
2. Also, lachrymal. Anatomy. of, pertaining to, or situated near the organs that secrete tears.
–noun
3. lacrimal bone.
Origin:
1535–45; var. of lachrymal
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lach·ry·mal also lac·ri·mal   (lāk'rə-məl)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to tears.
  2. Of, relating to, or constituting the glands that produce tears.

[Middle English lacrimale, from Old French lacrymal, from Medieval Latin lachrymālis, from Latin lacrima, lachryma, tear; see dakru- in Indo-European roots.]
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Lachrymal

Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.]

1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.

2. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. (b) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
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