[lac.te.al] adj [L lacteus of milk, fr. lact-, lac] (ca. 1658) 1: relating to, consisting of, producing, or resembling milk
2. a: conveying or containing a milky fluid b: of or relating to the lacteals
[2]lacteal n (1680): any of the lymphatic vessels arising from the villi of the small intestine and conveying chyle to the thoracic duct