Lacteal

Definition of Lacteal

Lac´te`al
a.1.Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
2.(Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
n.1.(Anat.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

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excretory, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteous, lactescent, lactic, lactiferous, milch, milk, milky, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, spermatic, watering, watery
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