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LACRIMAL APPARATUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Meronyms (parts of "lacrimal apparatus"):

lachrymal gland; lacrimal gland; tear gland (any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears)

lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct; tear duct (any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands)

dacryocyst; lacrimal sac; tear sac (either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands)

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

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

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