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lacteal

DEFINITIONS OF: lacteal

1

adj relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk

“lacteal fluids”
“lacteal organs”

n any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct

Type of:
lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel
a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
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