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Definition of Lactean
1. a. Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.
Definition of Lactean
1. Adjective. milky ¹
2. Adjective. lacteal; conveying chyle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lactean
1. lacteous [adj] - See also: lacteous
Medical Definition of Lactean
1.
1. Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. "This lactean whiteness."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactean
Literary usage of Lactean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An ecclesiastical history of Ireland, from the first introduction of by John Lanigan (1822)
"Colgan has confounded this saint with the abbot lactean, who was a contemporary and
... But this lactean cannot be supposed to have lived down to 623. ..."
2. An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland: From the First Introduction of by John Lanigan (1822)
"Colgan has confounded this saint with the abbot lactean, who was a contemporary and
... But this lactean cannot be supposed to have lived down to 623. ..."
3. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such by Sabine Baring-Gould, John Fisher (1908)
"lactean is the man for you," said Dagan. ... and surrendered his monastery to
him, and not to lactean, as Dagan had advised. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"LACTEAL, (lak'-te-al) ns The vessel that conveys chyle. lactean, (lak'-te-an) a.
Milky ; having the colour of milk. ..."
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