lacteal Hear it!

lacteal definition

lac·teal (lak′tē əl)

adjective

  1. of or like milk; milky
  2. containing or carrying chyle, the milky fluid that is a product of digestion

Etymology: < L lacteus, milky < lac (see lacto-) + -al

noun

any of the lymphatic vessels that take up this fluid from the small intestine and carry it to the thoracic duct

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