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LACHRYMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lachrymation mean?
• LACHRYMATION (noun)
The noun LACHRYMATION has 1 sense:
1. shedding tears
Familiarity information: LACHRYMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shedding tears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
lachrymation; lacrimation; tearing; watering
Hypernyms ("lachrymation" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
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