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LACTEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lacteal mean?
• LACTEAL (noun)
The noun LACTEAL has 1 sense:
1. any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
Familiarity information: LACTEAL used as a noun is very rare.
• LACTEAL (adjective)
The adjective LACTEAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
Familiarity information: LACTEAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("lacteal" is a kind of...):
lymph vessel; lymphatic vessel (a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
lacteal organs
Pertainym:
milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)
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