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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lachrymal
    adj 1: of or relating to tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
    2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
       [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. F.
   lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
   A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers
   of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that
   the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in
   it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.]
   1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
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   2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the
      lachrymal gland.
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   3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal[2] organs; as,
      lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
      [1913 Webster] Lachrymal
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n.
   See Lachrymatory.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying, dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, suppurated, suppurating, suppurative, tearful, tearlike, teary, watering, watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused
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