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Tear

Introduction: Tear

Description of Tear

Tear: SYN: lacrimal fluid.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Tear: watery, slightly alkaline and saline secretion of the lacrimal glands which serves to moisten the conjunctiva.
Source: CRISP

Tear: The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.
Source: MeSH 2007

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Broader terms for Tear

Source - MeSH 2007

Source - CRISP

The term Tear can be used for:

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Tear

The following list attempts to classify Tear into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

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