EPIPHORA

(Lat.), n. f. Ep-i2f'o2r-a. Gr., eiri epti.v, to bring upon). Fr., epiphora, larmoiement (2d def.). Ger., Thranenflu (2d def.). It., epifora. Sp., epifora. 1. Any morbid flux. 2. The watery eye; a more or le constant overflow of tears upon the cheeks, due to eversion, tumefaction or narrowing of the puncta lacrimal i a, or to stoppage of the nasal duct. In Young's cla ification of diseases, a genus of the Apocenoses. 3 A genus of orchids. [D, 20; F; L, 290.] E. alvi. See DIARRH<EA. E. arthritic a. E. dependent upon a narrowing of the punctum lacrimale caused by rheumatism, [a, 29.] E. catarrhal is. E. dependent upon a narrowing of the punctum lacrimale due to a catarrhal inflammation of the conjunctiva, [a, 29.] E. dacryadenitide. E. due to dacryocystitis. [L.] E. erethic a. E due to the presence of an irritating substance. [A, 29.] E. exantheinatica. E. occurring during an eruptive disease and dependent on the conjunctivitis caused by that disease, [a, 29.] E. iinpetiginosa. E. accompanying impetigo, [a, 29.] E. in ten nit tens. E. appearing periodically, [a, 29.] E. lacrimal is [Cullen]. See E. (2d def.). E. 1:,ctea. Galactorrhoea. [L, 290.] E. ptyalism us [Cullen]. See PJTYALISMUS. E. sanguine a, E. scorbutic a. O. no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; 187 [s. 731]