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DACRYOCYSTITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dacryocystitis mean?
• DACRYOCYSTITIS (noun)
The noun DACRYOCYSTITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose
Familiarity information: DACRYOCYSTITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dacryocystitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
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