hygrophthalmic

From hygro- +‎ ophthalmic.

• Rhymes: -ælmɪk

hygrophthalmic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, archaic, rare) Serving to moisten the eye.

Hygrophthalmic duct was sometimes applied to the tear duct, but the term never became mainstream

• “hygrophthalmic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.