lachrymal
adjective
lach·ry·mal
ˈla-krə-məl 
variants
or lacrimal
1
usually lacrimal
: of, relating to, or being glands that produce tears
2
: of, relating to, or marked by tears
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This paradoxically causes more watery fluid from the lacrimal glands that causes tearing, which explains the curious symptom of watery eyes due to dry eye syndrome.
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2022
Even our lacrimal surrogates in Hollywood have been turning their backs on us and toward age-defying procedures that culminate in faces that can no longer approximate our sorrow.
—New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
These latter two types come from lacrimal glands on the upper outside of our eye sockets.
—Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
The nerves on your cornea detect the presence of syn-propanethial-S-oxide and send the signal to your central nervous system (Fig 2), which then stimulate the autonomic nerve fibers on the lachrymal glands to produce tears [2] in order to dilute the syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2017
For the next two centuries, scientists mapped the anatomy of crying, leaving their names, like tiny explorer’s flags, on the topography of the lachrymal system.
—Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2022
Even our lacrimal surrogates in Hollywood have been turning their backs on us and toward age-defying procedures that culminate in faces that can no longer approximate our sorrow.
—New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
These latter two types come from lacrimal glands on the upper outside of our eye sockets.
—Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
The nerves on your cornea detect the presence of syn-propanethial-S-oxide and send the signal to your central nervous system (Fig 2), which then stimulate the autonomic nerve fibers on the lachrymal glands to produce tears [2] in order to dilute the syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2017
For the next two centuries, scientists mapped the anatomy of crying, leaving their names, like tiny explorer’s flags, on the topography of the lachrymal system.
—Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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lachrymal
adjective
lach·ry·mal
variants
or lacrimal
1
usually lacrimal
: of, relating to, or being the glands that produce tears
2
: of, relating to, or marked by tears
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