Dictionary 1. (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid\.2. (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels. 3. (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel. Thesaurus 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 |