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lachrymal bone

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Lacrimal bone
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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
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