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Lacteal
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
(2):
(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
(3):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lacteal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lacteal.html. 1828.