HyperDic: lachrymal_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression lachrymal gland:
NOUNbodylachrymal gland, lacrimal gland, tear glandany of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
English > lachrymal gland: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAny of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears.
Synonymslacrimal gland, tear gland
Part oflacrimal apparatusThe structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye
Broaderexocrine gland, exocrine, duct glandA gland that secretes externally through a duct
Spanishglándula lagrimal
Catalanglàndula lacrimal

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