хромо-дакриорее
English translation: chromodacryorrhea
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1chromodacryorhea Explanation: I think "chromo" here refers to some kind of a dye or pigment excreitng with tears, i.e. "coloured tears" or something like that. Less likely is that it refers to Chromium. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2008-01-10 21:27:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry for my typo: should be double "r" in -rrhea http://www.google.com/search?q=chromodacryorrhea "bloody tears", they say )) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2008-01-10 21:30:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- So, my first guess about pigments was actually right (porphirins are the pigments). http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/chromodacryo... ================= chromodacryorrhea /chro·mo·dac·ry·or·rhea/ (-dak?re-or-e´ah) the shedding of bloody tears. Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. ----- chromodacryorrhea bloody tears; seen with obstruction or disease of the nasolacrimal duct or sialodacryoadenitis, when excessive porphyrins are secreted with tears; a cause of skin irritation on the face of cats and gerbils. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2chromodacryorrhea Explanation: The same as offered, however, the correct spelling would be with double ''r'' - chromodacryorrhea. Explanation from online medical dictionary: ''...bloody tears; seen with obstruction or disease of the nasolacrimal duct or sialodacryoadenitis, when excessive porphyrins are secreted with tears; a cause of skin irritation on the face of cats and gerbils''. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved Link to this page: Reference: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/chromodacryo... |
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