English Dictionary

lacteal

名詞

複数形 廃用

(physiology, chiefly in the plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.

日本語の意味

乳糜管：腸の間膜から乳糜（脂質を含むリンパ液）を吸収し、胸管へ運ぶ役割を果たすリンパ管（主に複数形で使用される）

During digestion, a single lacteal absorbs emulsified fats and transports chyle toward the thoracic duct.

消化の過程で一本の乳糜管が乳化された脂肪を吸収し、乳糜を胸管へと運ぶ。

意味（1）

(physiology, chiefly in the plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.

These ‘veins’ must have been the lacteals or chyle-vessels, whose function was explained by Aselli some two thousand years later.

意味（2）

(obsolete) One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.

lacteals （ plural ）