lacteal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
adjective relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk

lacto- + -al

By this time milking was over, and the lacteal fluid was carried to the spring-house to cool. — From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience, Horatio, Jr. Alger
He ordered my torn cheek to be bathed, every half-hour, with human milk fresh from the breast; and, in order to secure a prompt, pure, and plentiful supply, a stout negress and her infant were sent, with orders to remain as long as her lacteal services might be required! — Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Theodore Canot
These remedies are masticated and acted upon by the salivary glands, passed down the esophagus, thrown into the society of old gastric, submitted to the peculiar motion of the stomach and thoroughly chymified, then forwarded through the pyloric orifice into the smaller intestines, where they are touched up with bile, and later on handed over through the lacteals, thoracic duct, etc., to the vast circulatory system. — Remarks, Bill Nye

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