hygrophthalmic

== English == === Etymology === From hygro- +‎ ophthalmic. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ælmɪk === Adjective === hygrophthalmic (not comparable) (anatomy, archaic, rare) Serving to moisten the eye. ==== Usage notes ==== Hygrophthalmic duct was sometimes applied to the tear duct, but the term never became mainstream === References === “hygrophthalmic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.