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Definition of Lachrymal duct

1. Noun. Any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lachrymal Duct

Literary usage of Lachrymal duct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"... reported June 24, 1889, with a history of obstruction of the right lachrymal duct and recurrent lachrymal abscess of eight years' duration. ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"Nasal, lachrymal duct—d. Pancreatic, see Pancreas—d.of Pecquet,Thoracic duct—d. Spermatic, Dc- ferens vas—d. of Steno, see Parotid—d. ..."

3. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"rymal bone) at one side only, and everywhere else is free, while the lachrymal duct is inclosed on all sides by bony walls. It follows from this that, ..."

4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1864)
"ON STRICTURE OF THE lachrymal duct. By HAYNES WALTON, Esq., Surgeon to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital. [In the great mass of these cases we have ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"The naso-lachrymal duct in the rabbit, in the whole extent of of the organ of Jacobson, is considerably larger than that of the guinea-pig. ..."

6. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"... as the upper dilated portion of the naso-lachrymal duct, the lower part of which passes through a bony canal and opens into the inferior nasal meatus. ..."

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