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
- lactiferousness noun
Etymology
Origin of lactiferous
1665–75; < New Latin lactifer that bears milk ( 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
From here, the baby can draw milk through the lactiferous ducts by suckling.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The milk itself exits the breast through the nipple via 15 to 20 lactiferous ducts that open on the surface of the nipple.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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
Nothing analogous to this yolk is found in the fetus of lactiferous animals, as the milk is another nutritive fluid ready prepared for the young progeny.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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