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abnormal exorbital lacrimal gland morphology +   
abnormal intraorbital lacrimal gland morphology +   
abnormal lacrimal gland development +   
abnormal lacrimal gland myoepithelium morphology 
abnormal lacrimal sac morphology 
any structural anomaly of the upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is lodged in a deep groove formed by the lacrimal bone and frontal process of the maxilla; it connects the lacrimal canaliculi, which drain tears from the eye's surface, and the nasolacrimal duct, which conveys this fluid into the nasal cavity; like the nasolacrimal duct, the sac is lined by stratified columnar epithelium with mucus-secreting goblet cells, and is surrounded by connective tissue
absent lacrimal glands  
enlarged lacrimal gland +   
lacrimal gland atrophy  
lacrimal gland degeneration  
lacrimal gland hypoplasia 
lacrimal gland necrosis  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: abnormal lacrymal sac morphology ;   abnormal saccus lacrimalis morphology
Definition Sources: GOC:TermGenie, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-7723

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