lacteal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lacteal
    adj 1: relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling
           milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs"
    n 1: any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the
         small intestine to the thoracic duct
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lacteal \Lac"te*al\, a. [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis,
   milk. Cf. {Galaxy}, {Lettuce}.]
   1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal
      fluid.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle;
      as, the lacteal vessels.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lacteal \Lac"te*al\, n. (Anat.)
   One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the
   small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic
   duct; a chyliferous vessel.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "lacteal":
      excretory, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational,
      lacteous, lactescent, lactic, lactiferous, milch, milk, milky,
      rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive,
      secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, spermatic, watering,
      watery
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