dacryo-, dacry- +

1. Absence of tears; tearlessness.
2. Insufficiency of lacrimal secretions.

1. A procedure for providing lacrimal drainage when the canaliculi are closed; plastic tubes are inserted that extend from the conjunctival sac to the nose.
2. Etymology: from Latin coniungere (conjunctiva) + Greek dakryon, "tear" + Greek kustis, "cyst" (sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance) + Greek ris, rhin-, "nose", + Greek stoma, "mouth".

1. A surgical procedure through the membrane that coats the inner areas of the eyelids, which provides an opening into the lacrimal (tear) sac.
2. Etymology: from Greek conjunctiva + Greek dakryon, "tear", + Greek kystis, "sac", + Greek stoma, "mouth".

Pain in a lacrimal gland or a gland in the outer corner of the eye that produces tears.

Inflammation of the lacrimal gland.

The occlusion of a duct of the lacrimal gland.

Stimulating the production of tears.

A stimulant of tear formation.

Inflammation of the lacrimal sac.

Ulceration of the lacrimal drainage system.

A condition of alternating between crying and laughing.

Pain in a lacrimal gland (tear gland) in and eye or the eyes that secrete tears.

An operation to cut out a lacrinal (tear, [TEER]) gland.

Inflammation of the lacrimal (tear) gland.

1. Chronic discharges of mucus from a lacrimal (tear) ducts.
2. Mucopurulent or mucoid discharge from the lacrimal drainage system.