Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lacteal

Lacteal , adjective

[Latin lacteus milky, from lac, lactis, milk. Compare Galaxy, Lettuce.]

1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
2.
(Anatomy & Physiology) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.

Lacteal , noun

(Anatomy) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.