adj 1  :  relating to, consisting of, producing, or resembling milk < fluid>   2 a  :  conveying or containing a milky fluid (as chyle) <a channel>   b  :  of or relating to the lacteals <impaired function> 
n :  any of the lymphatic vessels arising from the villi of the small intestine and conveying chyle to the thoracic duct .
 
 
 
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