HyperDic: tear_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression tear gland:
NOUNbodytear gland, lacrimal gland, lachrymal glandany of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
English > tear gland: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAny of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears.
Synonymslacrimal gland, lachrymal 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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