lachrymal

also 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.]

or lach·ry·mal (lăk'rə-məl)
adj.

1. Of or relating to tears.
2. Of, relating to, or constituting the glands that produce tears.

Pertaining to tears.

• l. apparatus — a group of organs concerned with the production and drainage of tears; it is a nutritive and protective device that helps keep the eye moist and free of dust and other irritating particles. Includes lacrimal gland, accessory lacrimal glands, third eyelid glands and the nasolacrimal duct.

  Nasolacrimal apparatus in the dog.By permission from McCurnin D, Poffenbarger EM, Small Animal Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Procedures, Saunders, 1991

• l. canaliculus — the lacrimal duct within the eyelid.
• l. caruncle — the rounded, often pigmented swelling at the medial canthus of the eye.
• l. cyst — congenital displacement of lacrimal tissue results in subconjunctival cysts.
• l. drainage system — the structures concerned with tear collection; includes lacrimal lake, puncta, canaliculi, sac and nasolacrimal duct.
• l. duct — there are two of these minute ducts draining tears from the conjunctiva, via the lacrimal puncta, into the lacrimal sac. Called also lacrimal canaliculus.
• l. duct irrigator — a 20 gauge, blunt-pointed, straight or curved cannula with a needle attachment so that it can be attached directly to a syringe nozzle.
• l. fossa — fossa in the medial wall of the orbital rim which houses the lacrimal sac.
• l. gland — contained in a pad of fat in the dorsolateral part of the orbital cavity and drains into the conjunctival sac via many excretory ducts. The secretion is largely watery tears, but in the pig is mucus. May develop adenitis.
• l. gland anomalies — failure of patency of the duct, supernumerary opening of the duct and ductal ectasia recorded.
• l. gland atrophy — part of the syndrome of keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
• imperforate l. puncta — see imperforate punctum.
• l. lake — the recess between the lids at the nasal commissure of the eye where the tears collect.
• l. pump — contraction of the orbiculari oculi muscle creates pressure on the lacrimal sac which causes tears to drain from the lacrimal lake.
• l. punctum — there is one on each eyelid close to the medial canthus. Each drains tears from the conjunctival sac into the lacrimal duct in the same eyelid. The tears then pass to the lacrimal sac and into the nasolacrimal duct. See also punctum.
• l. reflex — tear production caused by irritation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
• l. sac — the distended proximal end of the nasolacrimal duct into which the lacrimal ducts empty.
• l. sinus — an excavation of the lacrimal bone which communicates with the maxillary sinus in some species.
• l. system — see lacrimal apparatus (above).

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
  Synonym: lacrimal
  Pertains to noun: lacrimal gland (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tåre, gråd, tårevædet, grædende
n. - tåreben

Nederlands (Dutch)
traanklier-/ buis(je), tranenkruikje, traan-

Français (French)
adj. - lacrymal
n. - larme, glande lacrymale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tränenapparat, Tränenvase
adj. - Tränen-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δακρυδόχος (λήκυθος)
adj. - δακρυϊκός, δακρυγόνος

Italiano (Italian)
lacrimale

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - lacrimal

Русский (Russian)
слезница, слезный, слезливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lacrimatorio, lagrimal, lacrimal
n. - lagrimal, lacrimal, conducto lagrimal, saco lagrimal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tårben
adj. - tår-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
泪的, 啜泣的, 流泪的, 泪壶, 泪腺

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 淚的, 啜泣的, 流淚的
n. - 淚壺, 淚腺

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈물의, 눈물을 흐릴 것 같은, 누선의
n. - 누선 , 눈물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 涙の, 涙を分泌する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دامع (صفه) دمعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של דמעות‬
n. - ‮בלי האוגר את דמעות המתאבלים בלוויה‬

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