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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
lacteal is a noun and adjective meaning "any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct". It carries 2 recorded senses.
any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
“lacteal fluids”
“lacteal organs”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lacteal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.