HyperDic: lacrimal_duct

English > 1 sense of the expression lacrimal duct:
NOUNbodylacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear ductany of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
English > lacrimal duct: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAny of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands.
Synonymslachrymal duct, tear duct
Part oflacrimal apparatusThe structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye
Broaderduct, epithelial duct, canal, channelA bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Spanishcanal lacrimal
Catalancanal lacrimal

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