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lacteal
[ lak-tee-uhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.
noun
- Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
lacteal
/ ˈæɪə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling milk
- (of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
noun
- any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
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Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms
- t·· adverb
- ԴDz·t· adjective
- non·t·· adverb
- ·t· adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lacteal1
C17: from Latin lacteus of milk, from lac milk
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According to them, it is “the lacteal secretion of a healthy, hooved mammal.”
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Knight’s bill defines milk as the “lacteal secretion” from a list of animals that includes cows, water buffalo, sheep, goats, yaks, deer, reindeer, moose, horses and donkeys.
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The FDA bristled and provided the federal definition of milk as a “lacteal secretion” from cows.
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Those vary from the obvious — such as the oft-referenced milk is “the lacteal secretion” of cows — to more obscure requirements on the presence of additives and emulsifiers.
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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
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