lachrymation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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• lacrimation

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From Latin lacrimatio (“‘weaping’”), from lacrima (“‘tears’”), influenced by less common, older spelling lacruma

[edit] Noun

lachrymation (usually uncountable; plural lachrymations)

1. (medicine or literary) The flow of tears; crying

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