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lacteal

[ lak-tee-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

lacteal

/ ˈlæktɪəl /

any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct

Origin of lacteal¹

1625–35; < Latin lacte ( us ) milky ( lacteous ) + -al ¹

Origin of lacteal¹

C17: from Latin lacteus of milk, from lac milk

Human milk is sterile when secreted, but derives a few bacteria from the lacteal ducts.

Make an incision in its bark, wherever you will, and it exudes a white lacteal fluid, which hardens on exposure to the air.

The general public subscribes to Mudie, and has its intellectual, like its lacteal sustenance, sent round to it in carts.

I took a seven-year course in the gentle art of acquiring the lacteal fluid.

And there isn't anything I like better when camping out than plenty of hen fruit, together with the lacteal fluid from the cows.

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