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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

excretory, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteous, lactescent, lactic, lactiferous, milch, milk, milky, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, spermatic, watering, watery

Dictionary Results for lacteal:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lacteal
    adj 1: relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling
           milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs"
    n 1: any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the
         small intestine to the thoracic duct

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lacteal \Lac"te*al\, n. (Anat.)
   One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the
   small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic
   duct; a chyliferous vessel.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lacteal \Lac"te*al\, a. [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis,
   milk. Cf. Galaxy, Lettuce.]
   1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal
      fluid.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle;
      as, the lacteal vessels.
      [1913 Webster]

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