"lacteal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-lacteal.ogg [US] Forms: more lacteal [comparative], most lacteal [superlative]
Etymology: lacto + -al Etymology templates: {{l|en|lacto}} lacto, {{l|en|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} lacteal (comparative more lacteal, superlative most lacteal)
  1. Relating to milk.
    Sense id: en-lacteal-en-adj-jnyhZlQ0
  2. (anatomy) Relating to milk production. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-lacteal-en-adj-17j18EDA Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. Relating to, or containing, chyle.
    Sense id: en-lacteal-en-adj-KU4yrd9p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lactating, lactation

Noun

Audio: en-us-lacteal.ogg [US] Forms: lacteals [plural]
Etymology: lacto + -al Etymology templates: {{l|en|lacto}} lacto, {{l|en|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} lacteal (plural lacteals)
  1. (physiology, chiefly in the plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Physiology, Milk Translations (lymphatic vessel): maitiaissuoni (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lacteal-en-noun-QDskalum Disambiguation of Milk: 21 21 11 38 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 6 18 60 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 7 25 47 20 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'lymphatic vessel': 93 7
  2. (obsolete) One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lacteal-en-noun-pkUnAz2N

Inflected forms

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