Lacteal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or resembling milk.
  • adj. Anatomy Of or relating to any of numerous minute intestinal lymph-carrying vessels that convey chyle from the intestine to lymphatic circulation and thereby to the thoracic duct.
  • n. Anatomy A lacteal vessel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Relating to milk.
  • adj. Relating to milk production.
  • n. Lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or containing, chyle.
  • n. One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or resembling milk; milky.
  • Conveying a milk-like fluid; chyliferous: as, a lacteal vessel.
  • n. In anatomy, one of numerous minute tubes which absorb or take up the chyle (a milk-like fluid) from the alimentary canal and convey it to the thoracic duct.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
  • adj. relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lymphatic vessel    lymph vessel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    milky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hematogenous    mesenteric    produkte    lactation    life-sustaining   
     
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