LACRIMAL DUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lacrimal duct mean? 

• LACRIMAL DUCT (noun)
  The noun LACRIMAL DUCT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LACRIMAL DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACRIMAL DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct; tear duct

Hypernyms ("lacrimal duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("lacrimal duct" is a part of...):

lacrimal apparatus (the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye)

 Context examples 

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the lacrimal duct.

(Malignant Lacrimal Duct Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It can occur in several anatomic sites, including parotid gland, oral cavity, paranasal sinus, skin, breast, lung, larynx, and lacrimal ducts.

(Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal growth of the cells of the lacrimal duct without malignant characteristics.

(Benign Lacrimal Duct Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)