Lacteal

Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
  • (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

Compare lacteal with other words:

lacteal vs. lactic

lacteal vs. lactean

lactation vs. lacteal

chyle vs. lacteal

lacteal vs. milk