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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to tears;
[syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]

2. relating to or located near the organ that produces tears;
[syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lachrymal \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 lachrymal[2] organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. [1913 Webster] Lachrymal
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. See Lachrymatory. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lachrymal adj 1: of or relating to tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal] 2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "lachrymal": bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying, dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, suppurated, suppurating, suppurative, tearful, tearlike, teary, watering, watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused