lacteally


lac·te·al

L0010300 (lăk′tē-əl)adj.1. Of, relating to, or resembling milk.2. Anatomy Of or relating to any of numerous minute intestinal lymph-carrying vessels that convey chyle from the intestine to lymphatic circulation and thereby to the thoracic duct.n. Anatomy A lacteal vessel.
[From Latin lacteus, from lac, lact-, milk; see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
lac′te·al·ly adv.