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Lacteal

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
lac=te=al

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Lacteal has 1 sense

Adjective Lacteal has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Lacteala. [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis, milk. Cf. Galaxy, Lettuce.].
  •  Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.  [1913 Webster]
Lactealn. 
     One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Lacteal, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of milk.
2 conveying chyle or other milky fluid.
--n. (in pl.) the lymphatic vessels of the small intestine which absorb digested fats.

Etymology
L lacteus f. lac lactis milk

THESAURUS

Lacteal

excretory, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteous, lactescent, lactic, lactiferous, milch, milk, milky, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, spermatic, watering, watery

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Lacteal

Semiliquidity

N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.

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