epiphora
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιφορά (epiphorá).
Noun[edit]
epiphora (countable and uncountable, plural epiphoras)
- (rhetoric) epistrophe
- Antonym: anaphora
- (medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
- (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).