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Lacteal   Listen
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Lacteal  n.  (Anat.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.






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"Lacteal" Quotes from Famous Books



... Blanche and Daisy, with their large udders full of rich lacteal fluid, heard the news, "It is a boy," they gave forth an extra flow of milk that night. When the frisky mules in the barn lot heard the joyful tidings, "It is a boy," they just cut up and threw their ...
— A California Girl • Edward Eldridge

... (such was the lady's name) lisped her early prayer—that he could show them the mountains that had echoed with her songs (since made so very popular by Madame Stockhausen)—that he could conjure up in that court the goats whose lacteal fluid was wont to yield to the pressure of her virgin fingers—the kids that gambolled and made holiday about her—the birds that whistled in her path—the streams that flowed at her feet—the avalanches, with their majestic thunder, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, December 4, 1841 • Various



Words linked to "Lacteal" :   milk, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel



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