lacteal
Americanadjective
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pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
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Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling milk
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(of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
noun
Other Word Forms
- lacteally adverb
- nonlacteal adjective
- nonlacteally adverb
- prelacteal adjective
Etymology
Origin of lacteal
Example Sentences
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The section of the U.S. code that deals with milk and cream defines the former as “the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.”
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2017
Otherwise, we’d have to refer to goat’s-milk cheese and yogurt—neither of which are made from the lacteal secretions of one or more healthy cows—as goat spread, goat paste, or creamy goat topping.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2017
In addition to muscle and connective tissue to support its structure, each villus contains a capillary bed composed of one arteriole and one venule, as well as a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
These lacteal vessels, as was before observed, pass through the mesentery, and their contents seem to undergo some important change in the mesenteric glands.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas
It is somewhat surprising to find that such an accurate observer as Harvey should have failed to recognize the significance and importance of the system of lacteal vessels.
From Fathers of Biology by McRae, Charles
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