Lacteal is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LACTEAL in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a vessel conveying chyle from the intestines to the thoracic ducts
• the lymphatic vessels of the small intestine which absorb digested fats.
• One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
• any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
• any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the blood
ADJECTIVE:
• pertaining to milk, also LACTEAN, LACTEOUS
• of milk.
• (of a vessel) conveying chyle or other milky fluid.
• of or like milk
• Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
• Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
• relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a lymphatic vessel

Words related to LACTEAL

lacteally14 lacteals10

Words that contain LACTEAL

lacteals10 lacteally14

How to use LACTEAL in a sentence

• THIS CLASS OF ANIMALS embraces all those that nourish their young by means of lacteal glands, or teats, and are so constituted as to have a warm or red blood.
• The lacteal secretion is influenced in a very remarkable manner by the mental conditions of the mother.
• After birth, the mother still possesses a molding influence upon the development of her child through the lacteal secretion.

Similar words containing LACTE without suffix al

lactean9 lacteals10 lacteous10 lacteally14 lactescent14 phylactery23 lactescence17 phylacteric23 lactescences18 phylacteries22 phylacterical25

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