lachrymation

English

Alternative forms

• lacrimation

Etymology

From Latin lacrimatio (“weaping”), from lacrima (“tears”), influenced by less common, older spelling lacruma.

Noun

lachrymation (usually uncountable, plural lachrymations)

1. (medicine or literary) The flow of tears; crying

Coordinate terms

• lachrymate
• lachrymator

 

Related terms

• lachrymal
• lachrymose
• lachrymosity
• lachryphage
• lachryphagous
• lachryphagy

 

Translations

flow of tears

• Italian: lacrimazione (it)