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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lacteal

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