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lacteals

lacteals is the plural of lacteal.

Meaning of lacteal

Noun

lacteal (plural lacteals)

  1. (in plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.
    • These ‘veins’ must have been the lacteals or chyle-vessels, whose function was explained by Aselli some two thousand years later.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65
  2. (obsolete) One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

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Questions about lacteals

What is lacteals the plural of?
Lacteals is the plural of lacteal.

Words near lacteals in the dictionary

  1. lactations
  2. lactator
  3. lactators
  4. lacteal
  5. lacteally
  6. lacteals
  7. lactean
  8. lactenin
  9. lacteocrumenasia
  10. lacteous
  11. lactescence

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