lactiferous
Americanadjective
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producing or secreting milk.
lactiferous glands.
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conveying milk or a milky fluid.
lactiferous ducts.
adjective
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producing, conveying, or secreting milk or a milky fluid
lactiferous ducts
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botany containing latex; laticiferous
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lactiferous
1665–75; < New Latin lactifer that bears milk ( see lacti-, -fer) + -ous
Example Sentences
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At the time of birth, the baby has lactiferous ducts but no alveoli.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
These alveoli join up to form groups known as lobules, and each lobule has a lactiferous duct that drains into openings in the nipple.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Once milk is made in the alveoli, stimulated myoepithelial cells that surround the alveoli contract to push the milk to the lactiferous sinuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Milk drains from lactiferous ducts into lactiferous sinuses that meet at 4 to 18 perforations in the nipple, called nipple pores.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Monotremata, development of the nictitating membrane in; lactiferous glands of; connecting mammals with reptiles.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
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