epiphora
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιφορά (epiphorá).
Noun edit
epiphora (countable and uncountable, plural epiphoras)
- (rhetoric) epistrophe
- Antonym: anaphora
- (medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
- (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).