test for lacrimation

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test for lacrimation,

a test for possible dry eye and/or keratoconjunctivitis sicca conducted by placing a 35-mm long piece of filter paper in the lower fornix of the conjunctiva for 5 minutes. Failure of tears to wet as much as 10 mm of the strip indicates inadequate tear production. Also called Schirmer's test.

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