Lacteal Definition
lăktē-əl
adjective
Of or like milk; milky.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to any of numerous minute intestinal lymph-carrying vessels that convey chyle from the intestine to lymphatic circulation and thereby to the thoracic duct.
American Heritage Medicine
Containing or carrying chyle, the milky fluid that is a product of digestion.
Webster's New World
noun
Any of the lymphatic vessels that take up this fluid from the small intestine and carry it to the thoracic duct.
Webster's New World
One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.
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Other Word Forms of Lacteal
Noun
Singular:
lacteal
Plural:
lactealsOrigin of Lacteal
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From Latin lacteus from lac lact- milk melg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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