[ 'lakrɪm(ə)l ]
(also lacrimal or lacrymal )
■ adjective
1》 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears.
2》 ( lacrimal ) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears.
■ noun ( lacrimal or lacrimal bone ) Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket.
Origin
ME: from med. L. ~is , from L. lacrima 'tear'.