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- lachrymal (adj.)[lachrymal 词源字典]
- also lachrimal, early 15c., from Medieval Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lacrima (see lachrymose).[lachrymal etymology, lachrymal origin, 英语词源]
- aegilops
- " Medicine . An abscess or ulcer of the inner canthus of the eye, especially when involving a lacrimal duct or the lacrimal sac", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Banister (1532/3–?1610), surgeon. From classical Latin aegilops ulcer in the eye, lacrimal fistula, species of oak tree, species of grass from Hellenistic Greek αἰγίλωψ ulcer in the eye, lacrimal fistula, species of oak tree, species of grass, of uncertain origin, perhaps two (or three) separate words.