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LACHRYMAL GLAND

Dictionary entry overview: What does lachrymal gland mean?

• LACHRYMAL GLAND (noun)
The noun LACHRYMAL GLAND has 1 sense:

1. any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears

Familiarity information: LACHRYMAL GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LACHRYMAL GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lachrymal gland; lacrimal gland; tear gland

Hypernyms ("lachrymal gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Holonyms ("lachrymal gland" is a part of...):

lacrimal apparatus (the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye)

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