单词 | lacrimal duct |
释义 | > as lemmaslacrimal duct lacrimal duct n. (a) the nasolacrimal duct, through which tears drain into the nose; (b) a lacrimal canaliculus; (c) any of the very small ducts conveying tears from a lacrimal gland into the eye. ΚΠ 1697 R. Baker Cursus Osteologicus iii. 53 There's a small Foramina, in each call'd Lachrimale, in which the Lachrimal Duct passes to the Nose. 1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. i. 33 A small anteriour Eminence or transverse Line, between the nasal Opening, and the lower end of the lachrymal Duct. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 78 From these lachrymal ducts..the tears flow through the ducts of the nasal bones. 1853 Lancet 18 June 553/1 The morbid action, creeping through the puncta lachrymalia and along the canaliculi or lachrymal ducts, reaches the lachrymal sac. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) ix. §25 Under certain circumstances..the secretion of the lachrymal gland exceeds the drainage power of the lachrymal duct, and the fluid, accumulating,..overflows in the form of tears. 1950 D. B. Kirby Surg. Cataract xii. 276/1 Care must be exercised to prevent the solution from going through the lacrimal duct to the nose. 1978 European Jrnl. Pediatrics 129 83 The topography and morphology of the lacrimal ducts in newborn infants was demonstrated by means of post mortem dacryocystograms and of histologic slides. 2006 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 4383/2 As in living haplorhines, the course of the lacrimal ductis vertical. < as lemmas |
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