LACRIMAL GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lacrimal gland mean? 

• LACRIMAL GLAND (noun)
  The noun LACRIMAL GLAND has 1 sense:

1. any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears

  Familiarity information: LACRIMAL GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACRIMAL GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lachrymal gland; lacrimal gland; tear gland

Hypernyms ("lacrimal gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Holonyms ("lacrimal gland" is a part of...):

lacrimal apparatus (the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye)

 Context examples 

Other primary sites of involvement include the lacrimal gland, the larynx, and the lungs.

(Adenoid cystic carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Interference with the secretion of tears by the lacrimal glands.

(Lacrimal Duct Obstruction, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A primary or metastatic tumor involving the structures of the eye (conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, retina), the lacrimal gland, and the orbit.

(Malignant Eye Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the lacrimal gland.

(Malignant Lacrimal Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A recently described mass-forming lesion that occurs in the pancreas, submandibular glands, lacrimal glands, lymph nodes, and hepatobiliary tract.

(IgG4-Related Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery originating from the ophthalmic artery with many branches that supply numerous areas including the lacrimal gland, eyelids and forehead.

(Lacrimal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the lacrimal gland, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the lacrimal gland, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal growth of the cells of the lacrimal gland without malignant characteristics.

(Benign Lacrimal Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the lacrimal gland, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)