lacteals

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lacteal
Lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs
lacteal
milky
lacteal
{a} milky, conveying chyle
lacteal
{n} a slender vessel that conveys chyle
lacteal
One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel
lacteal
Relating to milk
lacteal
any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs
lacteal
{i} any of a number of tiny lymphatic vessels that transport chyle from the intestinal tract to the thoracic duct (Anatomy)
lacteal
any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
lacteal
relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs"
lacteal
Relating to milk production
lacteal
{s} of or pertaining to milk, resembling milk; of the tiny vessels that transport chyle from the intestinal tract to the thoracic duct (Anatomy)
lacteal
Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid
lacteal
Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels