lacteal

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lacteal

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lacto- + -al

adjective more lacteal · most lacteal

Relating to milk.
Relating to milk production. lacteal ducts in the breasts
Relating to, or containing, chyle. the lacteal vessels

noun lacteals

in plural 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.
obsolete One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

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@misc{lacteal_2026,
  title = {lacteal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lacteal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}