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lacteal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

lacto- + -al

Meanings

  1. Relating to milk.
  2. Relating to milk production.
    • lacteal ducts in the breasts
  3. Relating to, or containing, chyle.
    • the lacteal vessels

Forms

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most lacteal Degree=Sup lexicographic
more lacteal Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

lacteally · prelacteal · protolacteal

Relateds

lactation · lactating

lacteal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

lacto- + -al

Meanings

  1. (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. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65:
  2. (obsolete) One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

Forms

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lacteals Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi maitiaissuoni (lymphatic vessel)