| lacrimal reflex | Discharge of tears when the conjunctiva is irritated. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lacrimal sac | The upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct into which empty the two lacrimal canaliculi; empty. Synonym: saccus lacrimalis, dacryocyst, sacculus lacrimalis, tear sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal vein | <anatomy, vein> Small vein which it drains the lacrimal gland, passing posteriorly through the orbit with the lacrimal artery to empty into the superior ophthalmic vein. Synonym: vena lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimation | Shedding tears. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lacrimator | A substance that makes the eyes water. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lacrimatory | Causing lacrimation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimo-gustatory reflex | Chewing of food causing secretion of tears. See: crocodile tears syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimoconchal suture | Line of union of the lacrimal bone with the inferior nasal concha. Synonym: sutura lacrimoconchalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimomaxillary suture | Line of union, on the medial wall of the orbit, between the anterior and inferior margin of the lacrimal bone and the maxilla. Synonym: sutura lacrimomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimotomy | The operation of incising the lacrimal duct or sac. Origin: L. Lacrima, tear, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrymiform | Tear-shaped. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lact- | Milk. See: galacto-. Origin: L. Lac, lactis (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactacid oxygen debt | That part of an oxygen debt represented by the production of lactic acid by anaerobic glycolysis during exercise and, therefore, by the need to eliminate it by oxidative metabolism during recovery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactacidemia | The presence of dextrorotatory lactic acid in the circulating blood. Synonym: lactacidemia. Origin: Lactic acid + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactacidosis | Acidosis due to increased lactic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |