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Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
  2. a. Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
  3. n. One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
  4. adj. relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
  5. n. any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
  6. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid. 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels. One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
  7. Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
  8. n. any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct a. relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk