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lacteal
[ lak-tee-uhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.
noun
- Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
lacteal
/ ˈlæktɪəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling milk
- (of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
noun
- any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
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Derived Forms
- ˈlacteally, adverb
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Other Words From
- lacte·al·ly adverb
- non·lacte·al adjective
- non·lacte·al·ly adverb
- pre·lacte·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lacteal1
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Example Sentences
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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