Lacteal

[læktiәl]

解释:

(noun.) any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

(adj.) relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; 'lacteal fluids'; 'lacteal organs' .

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解释:

(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.

(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.

(n.) 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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adj. pertaining to or resembling milk: conveying chyle.—n. one of the absorbent vessels of the intestines which convey the chyle to the thoracic ducts.—ns. Lac′tarene Lac′tarine a preparation of the caseine of milk used by calico-printers; Lac′tāte a salt of lactic acid and a base; Lactā′tion the act of giving milk: the period of suckling.—adj. Lac′teous milky milk-like.—n. Lactesc′ence.—adjs. Lactesc′ent turning to milk: producing milk or white juice: milky; Lac′tic pertaining to milk; Lactif′erous Lactif′ic producing milk or white juice.—ns. Lac′tifuge a medicine which checks the flow of milk; Lac′tocrite an apparatus for testing the quantity of fatty substance in a sample of milk; Lactom′eter an instrument for measuring the quality of milk; Lac′toscope an instrument for testing the purity or richness of milk by its degree of translucency; Lac′tose a kind of sugar only moderately sweet obtained from milk by evaporating whey—also Lac′tine; Lactuca (lak-tū′ka) a genus of herbs of the aster family with milky juice.—adj. Lactucic (lak-tū′sik).—Lactic acid an acid obtained from milk.

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