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Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.

Milkily; in the manner of milk.

To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. Bacon.

the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.

Lacteal; conveying chyle.

Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.

tic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color a…

ed or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

ted on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.

vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.