Sign or Symptom
watery eyes
[ waw-tuh-ree, wot-uh- ahyz ]
Definitions related to watery eyes:
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(watering eyes) Overflow of tears from the eye.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(watering eyes) Tearing eyes; a condition caused either by tear overproduction or impaired drainage of the tear duct. Causes of tear overproduction include eye irritation (e.g., eye infection, foreign body in the eye), headache, pain reaction, allergies, sinusitis, and injury to the eye.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(watering eyes) A disorder characterized by excessive tearing in the eyes; it can be caused by overproduction of tears or impaired drainage of the tear duct.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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