lactealadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlaktɪəl/, U.S.

/ˈlæktiəl/

Forms: Also 1600s lacteall.

Etymology: < Latin lacteus ( < lact-, lac milk) + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to milk; consisting of milk. lacteal fever, milk fever.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk

milkeneOE

milkyc1449

lactary1646

lacteal1753

lactic1789

milchig1904

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lacteal, or Lacteous, milky, milk white, or made of milk.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lacteal fevers, a term used by medical writers, to express what the women call milk fevers.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 443 Restoring a certain degree of order in the process of lacteal secretion.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 230 The lacteal organs of the dugong are placed on the breast.

jocularly.1868 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. She proceeded very quietly to give him [her infant] a lacteal lunch.1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 246 The animals [cows]..are driven home, there to yield their lacteal tribute.

b. Resembling milk; milk-white. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as milk

milk-whiteOE

as white as milkOE

milkisha1398

milkya1398

milkc1450

milky-white1581

milkena1586

lacteal1633

lacteous1646

lactaceous1656

lactean1659

lactescent1758

milchy1890

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xii. 19 Like the lacteall stones which heaven pave.

1658 [see sense A. 1a].

2. Of a vessel, etc. in the animal body: Conveying a milky fluid, sc. chyle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [adjective] > chyliferous vessels

lacteal1664

lacteous1692

lactean1901

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 66 The Stomach and guts, and their appendent Vessels, the lacteal Veins.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 57 There should have been some lacteal Veins formed.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 357 Substances which..the lacteal absorbents refuse to take up.

1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. v. 144 They have lacteal vessels, or lymphatics.

B. n. plural.

1. Physiology. The lymphatic vessels of the mesentery, originating in the small intestine, and conveying the chyle from thence to the thoracic duct; chyliferous vessels.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > chyliferous vessels

lacteous vein1653

lacteal1686

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 290 How it should pass the Lacteals, or with the blood through the other small capillaries.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 63 Driving by their Peristaltick Motion the Chyle into the Lacteals.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 5 Aug. 137 He surely buys knowledge dear, who learns the use of the lacteals at the expence of his humanity.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 296 Air will be absorbed from it by the lacteals as well as chyle.

1822–34 Good's Bk. Nat. I. 275 The vessels are called lacteals, from the usual milky appearance of the liquid they absorb and contain.

1885–8 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 169 The absorption by the lacteals of matters from the affected parts of the intestine.

†2. Botany. The lactiferous ducts.

ΚΠ

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 75 The Lacteals of Dandelyon.

Derivatives

ˈlacteally adv. (Webster 1864).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lacteal
释义	lactealadj.n. Brit. /ˈlaktɪəl/, U.S. /ˈlæktiəl/ Forms: Also 1600s lacteall. Etymology: < Latin lacteus ( < lact-, lac milk) + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of or pertaining to milk; consisting of milk. lacteal fever, milk fever. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk milkeneOE milkyc1449 lactary1646 lacteal1753 lactic1789 milchig1904 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lacteal, or Lacteous, milky, milk white, or made of milk. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lacteal fevers, a term used by medical writers, to express what the women call milk fevers. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 443 Restoring a certain degree of order in the process of lacteal secretion. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 230 The lacteal organs of the dugong are placed on the breast. jocularly.1868 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. She proceeded very quietly to give him [her infant] a lacteal lunch.1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 246 The animals [cows]..are driven home, there to yield their lacteal tribute. b. Resembling milk; milk-white. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as milk milk-whiteOE as white as milkOE milkisha1398 milkya1398 milkc1450 milky-white1581 milkena1586 lacteal1633 lacteous1646 lactaceous1656 lactean1659 lactescent1758 milchy1890 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xii. 19 Like the lacteall stones which heaven pave. 1658 [see sense A. 1a]. 2. Of a vessel, etc. in the animal body: Conveying a milky fluid, sc. chyle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [adjective] > chyliferous vessels lacteal1664 lacteous1692 lactean1901 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 66 The Stomach and guts, and their appendent Vessels, the lacteal Veins. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 57 There should have been some lacteal Veins formed. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 357 Substances which..the lacteal absorbents refuse to take up. 1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. v. 144 They have lacteal vessels, or lymphatics. B. n. plural. 1. Physiology. The lymphatic vessels of the mesentery, originating in the small intestine, and conveying the chyle from thence to the thoracic duct; chyliferous vessels. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > chyliferous vessels lacteous vein1653 lacteal1686 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 290 How it should pass the Lacteals, or with the blood through the other small capillaries. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 63 Driving by their Peristaltick Motion the Chyle into the Lacteals. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 5 Aug. 137 He surely buys knowledge dear, who learns the use of the lacteals at the expence of his humanity. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 296 Air will be absorbed from it by the lacteals as well as chyle. 1822–34 Good's Bk. Nat. I. 275 The vessels are called lacteals, from the usual milky appearance of the liquid they absorb and contain. 1885–8 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 169 The absorption by the lacteals of matters from the affected parts of the intestine. †2. Botany. The lactiferous ducts. ΚΠ 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 75 The Lacteals of Dandelyon. Derivatives ˈlacteally adv. (Webster 1864). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1633
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