Associations to the word «Lacteal»

Wiktionary

LACTEAL, adjective. Relating to milk.
LACTEAL, adjective. (anatomy) Relating to milk production.
LACTEAL, adjective. Relating to, or containing, chyle.
LACTEAL, noun. One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

Dictionary definition

LACTEAL, noun. Any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
LACTEAL, adjective. Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca