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    TEAR DUCT

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glandsplay

    Synonyms:

    lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct; tear duct

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("tear 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)

    Holonyms ("tear duct" is a part of...):

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

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