lacteal

American  

[lak-tee-uhl] / ˈlæk ti əl /

adjective

1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.

2. Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.

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noun

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

lacteal British  

/ ˈlæktɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling milk

2. (of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

• lacteally adverb
• nonlacteal adjective
• nonlacteally adverb
• prelacteal adjective

Etymology

Origin of lacteal

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

Example Sentences

According to them, it is “the lacteal secretion of a healthy, hooved mammal.”

From The Guardian

Knight’s bill defines milk as the “lacteal secretion” from a list of animals that includes cows, water buffalo, sheep, goats, yaks, deer, reindeer, moose, horses and donkeys.

From Washington Times

The FDA bristled and provided the federal definition of milk as a “lacteal secretion” from cows.

From Los Angeles Times

Those vary from the obvious — such as the oft-referenced milk is “the lacteal secretion” of cows — to more obscure requirements on the presence of additives and emulsifiers.

From Washington Post

To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

From Project Gutenberg

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