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Definition of: lacteal
(lak′tē·əl) adjective
Pertaining to or like milk; conveying a milklike fluid: also lac′te·an, lac′te·ous.
—noun Anat. One of the lymphatic vessels that take up and convey the chyle. [<L lacteus <lac, lactis milk]
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