lacteal
noun
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L323028 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- relating to milk
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: lacto- + -al
- Relating to milk.
- Relating to milk production.
“lacteal ducts in the breasts”
- Relating to, or containing, chyle.
“the lacteal vessels”
noun
Etymology: lacto- + -al
- Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.
“These ‘veins’ must have been the lacteals or chyle-vessels, whose function was explained by Aselli some two thousand years later.”
- One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.