lactiferous duct

1. 1.

   ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple

   Broaderduct

   Part ofbreast

Questions about lactiferous duct

What does lactiferous duct mean?

lactiferous duct means "ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple".

Is lactiferous duct a common word?

lactiferous duct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.