lachrymal bone
1lachrymal bone — n. very thin bone that forms the inner corner of the eye socket …
2Lachrymal — Lach ry*mal, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See {Lachrymose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the… …
3lachrymal — /lak reuh meuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to tears. 2. producing tears. 3. characterized by tears; indicative of weeping. 4. Anat. lacrimal (def. 2). n. 5. Also called lachrymal bone. Anat. See lacrimal bone. 6. lachrymatory ( …
4lachrymal — lach·ry·mal || lækrɪml n. (Anatomy) lachrymal bone (bone of the inner corner of the eye); vessel used to collect the tears of the bereaved adj. of or pertaining to tears; producing tears, secreting tears; lacrimal, of or near the organs which …
5lachrymal groove — a small grove on the lower edge of the snout just above the upper lip, formed from a fold of skin under the edge of the lachrymal bone …
6lachrymal — [ lakrɪm(ə)l] (also lacrimal or lacrymal) adjective 1》 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears. 2》 (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears. noun (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) …
7lachrymal — the first, paired, dermal bone in the circumorbital series, the largest. Also called preorbital and also spelled lachrimal, lacrimal …
8nasal bone — a paired dermal bone occurring between the premaxilla and the prefrontal, antorbital or lachrymal on either side of the snout and usually enclosing the nares. Lepisosteus has three nasals, prenasal or rostral, adnasal or nasal and premaxillo… …
9infraorbital bone — one of a series of dermal bones generally below the eye. Name applied to the first six circumorbital bones: infraorbital 1 (lachrymal or preorbital), infraorbital 2 (jugal), infraorbital 3 (true postorbital), infraorbitals 4 and 5, and… …
10lachrimal — n. (Anatomy) lachrymal bone (bone of the inner corner of the eye); vessel used to collect the tears of the bereaved adj. of or pertaining to tears; producing tears, secreting tears; lacrimal, of or near the organs which secrete tears (Anatomy) …