- lacteal⇄adj. 1. of milk; like milk; milky.
Ex. a lacteal secretion.
2. carrying chyle, a milky liquid formed from digested food.
Ex. lacteal vessels. - lacteal⇄adv. lacteally.
- lacteal⇄lacteal, adjective, noun.
- lacteal⇄noun any one of the tiny lymphatic vessels that carry chyle from the small intestine to be absorbed by the blood.