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noun Anatomy.
a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
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Also called lacrimal.
Origin of lacrimal bone
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby lacrimal bone
lacquer tree, lacquey, Lacretelle, Lacrima Christi, lacrimal, lacrimal bone, lacrimal duct, lacrimal gland, lacrimal sac, lacrimation, lacrimator
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How to use lacrimal bone in a sentence
The small lacrimal bone anterior to the plate articulates with the maxilla and the premaxilla.
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