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Lacteal

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Noun

1. lacteal

any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct

Adjective

2. lacteal

relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk

Example Sentences:
'lacteal fluids'
'lacteal organs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lacteal

see synonyms of lacteal
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or resembling milk
2. 
(of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
noun
3. 
any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lacteal

see synonyms of lacteal
adjective
1. 
of or like milk; milky
2. 
containing or carrying chyle, the milky fluid that is a product of digestion
noun
3. 
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 College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lacteal

see synonyms of lacteal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling milk.
2. Anatomy 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.
n.
Anatomy
A lacteal vessel.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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