dacryocyst

1. 1.

   either 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 sactear sac

   Broadervesicle

   Part oflacrimal apparatus

Other forms of dacryocyst

plural

dacryocysts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dacryocyst

What does dacryocyst mean?

dacryocyst means "either 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".

How many syllables are in dacryocyst?

dacryocyst has 3 syllables: da-cryo-cyst. The stress falls on "da".

What is another word for dacryocyst?

Close synonyms include lacrimal sac, tear sac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dacryocyst a common word?

dacryocyst is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.