crocodile tears syndrome


croc·o·dile tears syn·drome

a flow of tears, usually unilateral, on eating or the anticipation of eating; this happens when nerve fibers originally destined for a salivary gland are damaged and regrow, aberrantly, into the lacrimal gland.

croc·o·dile tears syn·drome

(krok'ŏ-dīl tērz sin'drōm) A flow of tears, usually unilateral, on eating or the anticipation of eating; this happens when nerve fibers originally destined for a salivary gland are damaged and regrow, aberrantly, into the lacrimal gland.

croc·o·dile tears syn·drome

(krok'ŏ-dīl tērz sin'drōm) Lacrimation, usually unilateral, on eating or anticipation of eating.