Definition of Lacteous

1. a. Milky; resembling milk.

Definition of Lacteous

1. Adjective. milky; resembling milk ¹

2. Adjective. lacteal; conveying chyle ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lacteous

1. resembling milk [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacteous

lactation amenorrhoea
lactation hormone
lactational
lactational mastitis
lactations
lactatriaosylceramide beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase
lacteal
lacteal cyst
lacteal fistula
lacteal vessel
lacteally
lacteals
lactean
lactenin
lacteous (current term)
lactescence
lactescences
lactescent
lactic
lactic acid
lactic acid bacillus
lactic acid bacteria
lactic acid dehydrogenase
lactic acid fermentation
lactic acid level
lactic acid oxidative decarboxylase
lactic acidemia
lactic acidosis
lactic dehydrogenase

Literary usage of Lacteous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... dairy-woman; —gang, m. Anat. lactiferous duct; p, n. 1. vessel to keep or put milk in; 2. Anal, lacteal (or lacteous) vessel: — gelte,/. Birf. ..."

2. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1859)
""Brother lacteous," said he, "you arc an angel, but not one of those that excel in strength for the rough work of an apostate woild, that cannot and will ..."

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