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Lacrimal gland   Listen
Lacrimal gland

noun
1.
Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears.  Synonyms: lachrymal gland, tear gland.





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... open at its base and closed at the apex. The opening of this cone is directed forward, downward, and outward. Independently of the globe of the eye, this cavity lodges the muscles that move it, the membrana nictitans, and the lacrimal gland. ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Lacrimal gland" :   lacrimal apparatus, exocrine, exocrine gland, duct gland


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