lacteal
pronunciation
How to pronounce lacteal in British English:
UK ['læktɪəl]
How to pronounce lacteal in American English:
US ['læktɪrl]
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- Noun:
- any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
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- Adjective:
- relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
Word Origin
- lacteal (adj.)
- 1650s, formed in English from Latin lacteus, from lac (genitive lactis) "milk," from PIE root *glakt- (see lactation) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Development heilongjiang saves the politic research of lacteal trade group .
- 2. Explain why does the lacteal become milky afer a meal of fatty food .
- 3. A 66-year-old man with lacteal gland duct carcinoma and nasal polypus .
- 4. Breathtaking very quickly -- economy of lacteal hill city exceeds development of groovy and bouncing type to explore .
- 5. Of yellow sea bank , have city of travel of seaside of type of a burgeoning zoology garden -- lacteal hill .