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Lacrimal Apparatus

Definition: Lacrimal Apparatus

Lacrimal Apparatus

Noun

1. The structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye.

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Specialty Definitions: Lacrimal Apparatus

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Health

The tear-forming and tear-conducting system which includes the lacrimal glands, eyelid margins, conjunctival sac, and the tear drainage system. (references)

Medicine

Tear-forming and tear-conducting system, composed of lacrimal and accessory lacrimal glands, eyelid margins, conjunctival sac, lacrimal lake, lacrimal puncta canaliculi or lacrimal ducts, common canaliculus or sinus of Maier, lacrimal sac, nasolacrimal duct, and Hasner's valve at the inferior meatus of the nose. Source: European Union. (references)

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Crosswords: Lacrimal Apparatus

Specialty definitions using "lacrimal apparatus": adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculiLacrimal Apparatus Diseasesnasolacrimal. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Lacrimal Apparatus

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Books

  • Symposium on Diseases and Surgery of the Lids, Lacrimal Apparatus, and Orbit : transactions of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology (reference)

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Expression: Lacrimal Apparatus

Expression using "lacrimal apparatus": Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases. Additional references.

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Modern Translations: Lacrimal Apparatus

Language Translations for "lacrimal apparatus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

appareil lacrymal. (various references)

   

German

  

Organa lacrimalia, Apparatus lacrimalis. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acrimallay apparatusay.(various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Lacrimal Apparatus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 63 72 69 6D 61 6C      41 70 70 61 72 61 74 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01110000 01110000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0063 0072 0069 006D 0061 006C      0041 0070 0070 0061 0072 0061 0074 0075 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46676984757967782358282678467868785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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