Word: lacteal
Category: lacteal
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Related words: lacteal
what is lacteal, lacteal function
Synonyms: lacteal
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: lacteal
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french
Translations:
lactaire, lacté, laiteux, laitier
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russian
Translations:
млечный, молочный
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czech
Translations:
mléčný
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polish
Translations:
mleczny
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ukrainian
Translations:
лактації
The meaning and "use of": lacteal
adjective
- of milk. - More particularly it relates to breast pads designed to minimize irritation caused by the retention of lacteal fluid on the body-contacting portion of the pad.
- the lymphatic vessels of the small intestine that absorb digested fats. - The lymphatics or lacteals blocked with fat deposits are seen on electron microscopy on small bowel endoscopic biopsies.
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