(亦作lacrimal 或lacrymal)
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- formal or poetic/literary connected with weeping or tears〈正式, 或诗/文〉痛哭流泪的; 眼泪的。
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- （一般作lacrimal）Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears【生理, 剖】（泪腺）分泌眼泪的：
lacrimal cells.
泪腺细胞。
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- （一般作lacrimal 或lacrimal bone）Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket【剖】泪骨。
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- short for LACHRYMAL VASE.LACHRYMAL VASE的简称。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective)： from medieval Latin lachrymalis, from Latin lacrima 'tear'.