containing or carrying chyle, the milky fluid that is a product of digestion
noun
any of the lymphatic vessels that take up this fluid from the small intestine and carry it to the thoracic duct
See lacteal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lăkˈtē-əl)
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling milk.
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.