Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lacteal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lacteal
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to milk.

adj

Relating to milk production.

adj

Relating to, or containing, chyle.

noun

Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.

noun

One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"lacteal ducts in the breasts"
"the lacteal vessels"
"These ‘veins’ must have been the lacteals or chyle-vessels, whose function was explained by Aselli some two thousand years later."

Etymology

lacto- + -al

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more lacteal (comparative) most lacteal (superlative) lacteals (plural)

Derived Forms

lacteally prelacteal protolacteal

Frequently Paired Words

lactating lactation

Questions

What does lacteal mean?: Relating to milk.
Where does lacteal come from?: lacto- + -al

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