lachrymal

English

Alternative forms

• lacrimal
• lacrymal

Adjective

lachrymal (comparative more lachrymal, superlative most lachrymal)

1. Of or relating to tears, or the tear glands.

Related terms

• lachrymal gland
• lachrymatory
• lachrymose

Translations

of or relating to tears — see lacrimal

Noun

lachrymal (plural lachrymals)

1. A lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears)
2. (humorous, in the plural) Lachrymal feelings or organs
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Lutheran:

     People go to the theaters to have […] their risibles and lachrymals set agoing.

3. (anatomy) One of the bones of the face, the os unguis, or nail-bone, in humans.