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NASOLACRIMAL DUCT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nasolacrimal duct mean?
• NASOLACRIMAL DUCT (noun)
The noun NASOLACRIMAL DUCT has 1 sense:
1. a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
Familiarity information: NASOLACRIMAL DUCT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("nasolacrimal duct" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Context examples
It is usually the result of nasolacrimal duct abnormalities or obstruction.
(Lacrimal Mucocele, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused also in infants by failure of the nasolacrimal duct to open into the inferior meatus and occurs about the third week of life.
(Lacrimal Duct Obstruction, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Obstruction of the lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct causing acute or chronic inflammation of the lacrimal sac (DACRYOCYSTITIS).
(Lacrimal Duct Obstruction, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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