lachrymal

adjective

1. of or relating to tears.
2. producing tears.
3. characterized by tears; indicative of weeping.
4. Anatomy. lacrimal(def 2).

noun

5. Also called lachrymal bone. Anatomy. lacrimal bone.
6. lachrymatory(def 2).

adjective

1. a variant spelling of lacrimal

adj.also lachrimal, early 15c., from Medieval Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lacrima (see lachrymose).