HyperDic: dacryocyst

English > 1 sense of the word dacryocyst:
NOUNbodydacryocyst, lacrimal sac, tear saceither of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands
English > dacryocyst: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands.
Synonymslacrimal sac, tear sac
Part oflacrimal apparatusThe structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye
Broadervesicle, cystA small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

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