English Explanatory Dictionary

dacryocystocele

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A benign, bluish-gray mass in the inferomedial canthus that forms as a result of a narrowing or obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct, usually during prenatal development.

Word forms

dacryocystocele dacryocystoceles

Etymology

From dacryocyst + -o- + -cele or dacryo- + cysto- + -cele.

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