Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tear_duct

1 sense of tear duct

Sense 1
lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct -- (any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")