Usage Note
Tränensack in anatomy is the lacrimal sac that collects tears draining from the eye. Colloquially it also refers to the puffiness under the eyes (Tränensäcke unter den Augen), a usage frequently encountered in beauty and health articles.
Examples
"Schlafmangel lässt die Tränensäcke unter den Augen deutlich anschwellen."
Natural Translation
Lack of sleep causes the bags under the eyes to swell noticeably.
Literal Translation
Sleep-lack lets the tear-sacks under the eyes clearly swell.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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