Definition of Lacrimal apparatus

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


Definition of Lacrimal apparatus

1. Noun. An ocular organ that maintains and produces moisture and tears ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lacrimal apparatus

1. The tear-forming and tear-conducting system which includes the lacrimal glands, eyelid margins, conjunctival sac, and the tear drainage system. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimal Apparatus

lacquerers
lacquering
lacquerless
lacquerlike
lacquers
lacquerware
lacquerwares
lacquerwork
lacquerworks
lacquey
lacqueyed
lacqueying
lacqueys
lacrimae rerum
lacrimal
lacrimal apparatus
lacrimal apparatus diseases
lacrimal apparatuses
lacrimal artery
lacrimal bay
lacrimal bone
lacrimal bones
lacrimal border of maxilla
lacrimal calculus
lacrimal canaliculus
lacrimal caruncle
lacrimal conjunctivitis
lacrimal duct
lacrimal duct obstruction
lacrimal fascia

Literary usage of Lacrimal apparatus

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

1. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"CHAPTER XX DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus DISEASES of the lacrimal structures naturally divide themselves into those which have their seat in the ..."

2. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus. SINCE the lacrimal apparatus naturally admits of division into a secretory and an excretory part, it will be proper to ..."

3. Text-book of Diseases of the Eye: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Howard Forde Hansell, William Merrick Sweet (1903)
"The lacrimal apparatus consists of the glands by which the tears are secreted, the canaliculi which collect the fluid from the inner canthus, ..."

4. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1916)
"OBSTRUCTION OF THE lacrimal apparatus, OR WATERING EYE. The escape of tears on the side of the cheek is a symptom of external inflammation of the eye, ..."

5. Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1912)
"DISEASES OF THE lacrimal apparatus. The lacrimal glands are rarely the seat of ... The most common affections of the lacrimal apparatus are those which are ..."

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