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lacteal

/lak-tee-uhl/US // ˈlæk ti əl //UK // (ˈlæktɪəl) //

泌乳素,泌乳,泌乳酸,乳汁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
    • : Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

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Examples

  • Human milk is sterile when secreted, but derives a few bacteria from the lacteal ducts.

  • Make an incision in its bark, wherever you will, and it exudes a white lacteal fluid, which hardens on exposure to the air.

  • The general public subscribes to Mudie, and has its intellectual, like its lacteal sustenance, sent round to it in carts.

  • I took a seven-year course in the gentle art of acquiring the lacteal fluid.

  • And there isn't anything I like better when camping out than plenty of hen fruit, together with the lacteal fluid from the cows.