['lakr?m(?)l]
(also lacrimal or lacrymal)
¦ adjective
1. formal or literary connected with weeping or tears.
2. (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears.
¦ noun (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket.
Origin
ME: from med. L. lachrymalis, from L. lacrima 'tear'.