mercoledì 4 giugno 2008

lacrime di coccodrillo...

"Crocodile tears syndrome, a flow of tears, usually unilateral, upon eating or the anticipation of eating; this happens when nerve fibers originally destined for a salivary gland are damaged and regrow, aberrantly, into the lacrimal gland."

Thomas L. Stedman: Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore - 1995
pag. 1727

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