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LACTEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lacteal" is a kind of...):

lymph vessel; lymphatic vessel (a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk

Example:

lacteal organs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)

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