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lachrymatory (medicine)


lachrymatory


Origin: Cf. F. Lacrymatoire.

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.

Synonym: lachrymal or lacrymal.

Source: Websters Dictionary