lachrymal , also: lacrimal

The man's eyes were open, some blood came from his lachrymal ducts like tears.

I didn't know he had lachrymal glands at all until a little while ago.

The lachrymal glands above the eyelids regulate the release of tears.

They feed on lachrymal secretions and other body fluids of various animals, including humans.

Does the orbicularis press against, and so directly stimulate, the lachrymal gland?

A junior doctor from rheumatology performed a basic test on my eyes to determine how the lachrymal glands were doing.

The salt probably enters tears as blood flows through the lachrymal glands, where tears are formed.

Terrapins have lachrymal salt glands, not present in their relatives, which are used primarily when the turtle is dehydrated.

Its eyes have nictitating membranes for protection along with lachrymal glands, which produce tears.

The lachrymal caruncle is sometimes indicated.

-Lachrymal physiology.

The brain registers the irritation in the eye then alerts the lachrymal gland to stimulate tear production to flush away the invader.

It has nictitating membranes to protect the eyes and lachrymal glands to cleanse its eyes with tears.

The eyes are large and flat, canthus is not marked, lachrymal caruncle is not indicated.

Lachrymal glands located behind each eye allow the loggerhead to maintain osmotic balance by eliminating the excess salt obtained from ingesting ocean water.

Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

"His poor mother," murmured the major, trying to get the lachrymal gland in operation, so as to moisten the corner of his eye with a false tear.

Besides their talent for the theater, he said, the Gielguds and the Terrys shared "the same weakness: weak lachrymal glands."

Mr. Carrey lugs the picture around on his lachrymal ducts, tear traces nearly burning permanent furrows in his cheeks.

The lachrymal glands continuously secrete, keeping the conjunctiva moist, while intermittent blinking lubricates the conjunctiva and washes away foreign material.

However, the title song "눈물샘" (literally Lachrymal Glands) was very popular, thus extending Byul's career.

All species of sea turtles have a lachrymal salt gland in the orbital cavity, capable of producing tears with a higher salt concentration than sea water.

QUESTION: The lachrymal duct and gland are primarily responsible for the production and distribution of what?

My fear is of perishing by deliquescence.-I melt away in Nasal and Lachrymal profluvia.

Remember Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato's lachrymal performance eight years ago, when he turned "fascist" into an anti-Italian slur?