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TEAR DUCT

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• TEAR DUCT (noun)
The noun TEAR DUCT has 1 sense:

1. any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands

Familiarity information: TEAR DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

• TEAR DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct; tear duct

Hypernyms ("tear duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("tear duct" is a part of...):

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

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Useful links:
Meaning of epithelial duct
Definition of duct
Definition of lacrimal apparatus
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