lachrymation

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Etymology

From Latin lacrimatio (“weaping”), from lacrima (“tears”), influenced by less common, older spelling lacruma.

Noun

lachrymation (usually uncountable, plural lachrymations)

  1. (medicine or literary) The flow of tears; crying

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