lacteal

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From each of these Glandules proceeds a small Branch; and both are united together to make the great Lacteal Vein, or Thoracick Canal.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

This Juice serves to cause the Chyle to ferment with the Choler, in order to remove the grosser Particles from those that ought to enter into the Lacteal Vessels.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Lacteal, or digestive absorption has reference to the absorption of chyle only, which is destined for the nutrition of the body.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

Lacteal, lak′te-al, adj. pertaining to or resembling milk: conveying chyle.—n. one of the absorbent vessels of the intestines which convey the chyle to the thoracic ducts.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various