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    LACRIMAL SAC

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 glandsplay

    Synonyms:

    dacryocyst; lacrimal sac; tear sac

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

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

    cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))

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

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

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