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lacteal

[ lak-tee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
  2. Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.


noun

  1. Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

lacteal

/ ˈ±ôæ°ì³Ùɪə±ô /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling milk
  2. (of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô²¹³¦³Ù±ð²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lacteal1

1625–35; < Latin lacte ( us ) milky ( lacteous ) + -al 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lacteal1

C17: from Latin lacteus of milk, from lac milk
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Example Sentences

According to them, it is “the lacteal secretion of a healthy, hooved mammal.â€

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Knight’s bill defines milk as the “lacteal secretion†from a list of animals that includes cows, water buffalo, sheep, goats, yaks, deer, reindeer, moose, horses and donkeys.

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The FDA bristled and provided the federal definition of milk as a “lacteal secretion†from cows.

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Those vary from the obvious — such as the oft-referenced milk is “the lacteal secretion†of cows — to more obscure requirements on the presence of additives and emulsifiers.

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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

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