[医] 泪的

Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n.
See {Lachrymatory}.


Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. & a.
See {Lachrymatory}, n., and {Lachrymal}, a.

Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
A ``tear-bottle;'' a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers
of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that
the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in
it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.