lacteal
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Otherwise, we’d have to refer to goat’s-milk cheese and yogurt—neither of which are made from the lacteal secretions of one or more healthy cows—as goat spread, goat paste, or creamy goat topping.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2017
The section of the U.S. code that deals with milk and cream defines the former as “the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.”
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2017
In addition to muscle and connective tissue to support its structure, each villus contains a capillary bed composed of one arteriole and one venule, as well as a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
If it be a milk-cow, the lacteal secretion is diminished, and the udder is hot and tender.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
It is somewhat surprising to find that such an accurate observer as Harvey should have failed to recognize the significance and importance of the system of lacteal vessels.
From Fathers of Biology by McRae, Charles
