epiphora
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιφορά (epiphorá).
Noun
[edit]epiphora (countable and uncountable, plural epiphoras)
- (rhetoric) epistrophe
- Antonym: anaphora
- (medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
- (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).