epiphora

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Definition of epiphora in English English dictionary

excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye

epistrophe

Polystachya (a genus of orchids)

{i} overflow of tears from the eye caused by constriction or blockage of the tear ducts (Medicine); repetition of a word (Rhetoric)

The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek

The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc

Hyphenation

e·piph·o·ra