lacrimal bone
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lac′rimal bone`
n.
a skull bone extending from each orbit to the nasal region, greatly reduced in mammals.
[1850–55]
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Noun | 1. | lacrimal bone - small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity, orbit - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball |
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