Definitions for lacteal

lacteal lac·te·al

Spelling: [lak-tee-uh l]
IPA: /ˈlæk ti əl/

Lacteal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in lacteal (aacellt).

Definitions for lacteal

noun

  1. Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

adjective

  1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
  2. Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.

Origin of lacteal

1625-35; Latin lacte(us) milky (see lacteous) + -al1

Examples for lacteal

The general public subscribes to Mudie, and has its intellectual, like its lacteal sustenance, sent round to it in carts.

Her expressionless face certainly did suggest a lacteal dulness.

If it be a milk-cow, the lacteal secretion is diminished, and the udder is hot and tender.

The lacteal secretion is influenced in a very remarkable manner by the mental conditions of the mother.

Many are its lacteal sources; and the clocks' hands point forever to milking time.

By this time milking was over, and the lacteal fluid was carried to the spring-house to cool.

After birth, the mother still possesses a molding influence upon the development of her child through the lacteal secretion.

lacteal, lak′te-al, adj. pertaining to or resembling milk: conveying chyle.

They do not pass into the veins, but are taken up by the lacteal absorbents.

I took a seven-year course in the gentle art of acquiring the lacteal fluid.

Word Value for lacteal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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