dacryocystocele
English
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Etymology
[edit]From dacryocyst + -o- + -cele or dacryo- + cysto- + -cele.
Noun
[edit]dacryocystocele (plural dacryocystoceles)
- (embryology, ophthalmology) A benign, bluish-gray mass in the inferomedial canthus that forms as a result of a narrowing or obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct, usually during prenatal development.