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LACRIMAL BONE

• LACRIMAL BONE (noun)
The noun LACRIMAL BONE has 1 sense:

1. small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

Familiarity information: LACRIMAL BONE used as a noun is very rare.

• LACRIMAL BONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lacrimal bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("lacrimal bone" is a part of...):

cranial orbit; eye socket; orbit; orbital cavity (the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball)

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(Danish proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of os
Meaning of orbital cavity
Pronunciation of orbit
Meaning of cranial orbit
Pronunciation of eye socket

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