lachrymation

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

lachrymation (usually uncountable; plural lachrymations)

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

Translations[edit]

flow of tears
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