Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lacteal

1 sense of lacteal

Sense 1
lacteal -- (any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct)
       => lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel -- (a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation)

Similarity of adj lacteal

1 sense of lacteal

Sense 1
lacteal -- (relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs")