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Meaning of LACHRYMAL

Pronunciation:  'lakrumul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
 

LACHRYMAL is a 9 letter word that starts with L.

 

 Synonyms: lacrimal
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See {Lachrymose}.]
1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.

2. (Anat.)
   (a) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal
       gland.
   (b) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal
       bone; lachrymal duct.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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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