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lachrimation - 2 dictionary results

lach⋅ry⋅ma⋅tion

  [lak-ruh-mey-shuhn]
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–noun
lacrimation.
Also, lach⋅ri⋅ma⋅tion.

lac⋅ri⋅ma⋅tion

  [lak-ruh-mey-shuhn]
–noun
the secretion of tears, esp. in abnormal abundance.
Also, lachrymation, lachrimation.

Origin:
1565–75; < L lacrimātiōn- (s. of lacrimātiō) weeping, equiv. to lacrimāt(us) ptp. of lacrimāre to weep (see lachrymal, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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