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TEAR GLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tear gland mean?
• TEAR GLAND (noun)
The noun TEAR GLAND has 1 sense:
1. any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
Familiarity information: TEAR GLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
lachrymal gland; lacrimal gland; tear gland
Hypernyms ("tear gland" is a kind of...):
duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)
Holonyms ("tear gland" is a part of...):
lacrimal apparatus (the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye)
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