What does lachrymal gland mean?

lachrymal gland means "any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears".

What is another word for lachrymal gland?

Close synonyms include lacrimal gland, tear gland. 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 lachrymal gland a common word?

lachrymal gland 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.

lachrymal gland — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
Synonymslacrimal gland tear gland
Broaderexocrine gland
Part oflacrimal apparatus

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What does lachrymal gland mean?: lachrymal gland means "any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears".
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