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.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- ›Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.
n.noun · 名词
- 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.
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