Lacrimal

Definition: Lacrimal

Lacrimal

Adjective

1. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.

Specialty Definitions: Lacrimal

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to the tears. (references)
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Synonym: Lacrimal

Synonym: lachrymal (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lacrimal

English words defined with "lacrimal": arteria lacrimalis ♦ dacryocyst, dacryocystitis, dacryon ♦ lachrymal duct, lachrymal secretion, lacrimal apparatus, lacrimal artery, lacrimal bone, lacrimal duct, lacrimal gland, lacrimal sac, lacrimal secretion, lacrimal vein ♦ nasolacrimal duct ♦ tear, tear duct, tear sac, teardrop ♦ vena lacrimalis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "lacrimal": adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi ♦ benign lymphogranulomatosis, Besnier-Boeck disease, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome, Boeck's sarcoid ♦ Dacryocystorhinostomy, ducts of lacrimal gland ♦ glandula orbitaria, glossopalatine, glossopalatine nerve ♦ Harderian Gland, Horner muscle ♦ intermediate nerve of Wrisberg ♦ keraconjunctivitis sicca, keratitis sicca, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca ♦ Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases, lacrimal bones, lacrimal canaliculus, lacrimal ducts, lacrimal fold, lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi muscle, lupus pernio ♦ Mikulicz' Disease, Mortimer disease ♦ nasolacrimal ♦ ophthalmic nerve, orbicularis, Orbital Fractures ♦ Pulmonary Sarcoidosis ♦ Schaumann benign lymphogranulomatosis, Schaumann's syndrome, sicca-syndrome, Sjoegren syndrome, Sjogren's Syndrome ♦ tarsal glands. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Lacrimal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (lacrimal), Portuguese (lachrymatory, lachrymose, lacrimal, larrikin), Romanian (lachrymal, lacrimal), Spanish (lachrymal).

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Commercial Usage: Lacrimal

Domain	Title
Books	Color Atlas of Lacrimal Surgery (reference) Lacrimal disorders : diagnosis and treatment (reference) Lacrimal Surgery (Contemporary Issues in Ophthalmology, Vol 5) (reference) Oculoplastic, Orbital, and Reconstructive Surgery: Orbit and Lacrimal System (reference) Orbit, Eyelids and Lacrimal System: Section Seven (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Lacrimal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Instruments for the treatment of lacrimal fistula].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Usage Frequency: Lacrimal

"Lacrimal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lacrimal" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Lacrimal

Expressions using "lacrimal": ducts of lacrimal gland ♦ lacrimal apparatus ♦ Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases ♦ lacrimal artery ♦ lacrimal bone ♦ lacrimal bones ♦ lacrimal canaliculus ♦ lacrimal duct ♦ Lacrimal Duct Obstruction ♦ lacrimal ducts ♦ lacrimal fold ♦ lacrimal gland ♦ lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi muscle ♦ lacrimal sac ♦ lacrimal secretion ♦ lacrimal vein. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lacrimal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
gland lacrimal	11
cancer lacrimal	7
duct lacrimal	6
lacrimal	4
lacrimal sistema	2
gland histology lacrimal	2
lacrimal plug	2
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Modern Translations: Lacrimal

Language		Translations for "lacrimal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lacrimalis (lachrymal), lacrimal, tåre- (lachrymal). (various references)

Dutch		lacrimaal (lachrymal). (various references)

Finnish		lakrimaalinen (lachrymal), kyynel- (lachrymal). (various references)

French		lacrymal (lachrymal). (various references)

German		tränen- (lachrymal, lacrymal), lacrimalis (lachrymal). (various references)

Greek		δακρυικός (lachrymal). (various references)

Italian		lacrimale (lachrymal, teardrops). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		涙腺 (lacrimal gland, lacrymal gland). (various references)

Pig Latin		acrimallay.(various references)

Portuguese		lacrimal (lachrymatory, lachrymose, larrikin). (various references)

Romanian		lacrimal (lachrymal). (various references)

Spanish		lagrimal (lachrymal). (various references)

Swedish		tårkanal (lacrimal duct). (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับต่อมน้ำตา. (various references)
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Ancestral Language Translations: Lacrimal

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lacrimalis. (various references)
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Derivations: Lacrimal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lacrimal": lacrimals. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Lacrimal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m-r"
	-1 letter: armilla.
	-2 letters: calami, camail, laical, racial.
	-3 letters: acari, alarm, calla, claim, craal, laari, lamia, lilac, llama, maill, malar, malic, maria, micra.
	-4 letters: alar, alma, amia, amir, aria, aril, call, calm, carl, clam, cram, laic, lair, lama, lari, liar, lima, lira, maar, mail, mair, mall, marc, marl, mica, mill, raia, rail, rami, rial, rill.
	-5 letters: aal, ail, aim, air, ala, all, ama, ami, arc, arm, cam, car, ill, lac, lam, lar, mac, mar, mil, mir, ram, ria, rim.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m-r"
	+1 letter: camarilla, lacrimals.
	+2 letters: camarillas.
	+3 letters: blackmailer, multiracial, reclaimable.
	+4 letters: aromatically, blackmailers, dramatically, harmonically, romantically, unicamerally.
	+5 letters: acronymically, agronomically, chromatically, circumvallate, diametrically, formulaically, grammatically, graphemically, impractically, irreclaimable, irreclaimably, lamellibranch, metallurgical, metamerically, microfilarial, mineralogical, monarchically, panoramically, pragmatically, prismatically, problematical, rheumatically, scalariformly, sympatrically, traumatically, unreclaimable.
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