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<hw>Lac*tam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also <altname>amido-propionic</altname> acid.</def>

<h1>Lactamide</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac*tam"ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lac</ets>tic + <ets>ami</ets>de.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.</def>

<h1>Lactant</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lactans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lactare</ets> to suck, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk.]</ety> <def>Suckling; giving suck.</def>

<h1>Lactarene</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"ta*rene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk.]</ety> <def>A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.</def>

<h1>Lactary</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[l. <ets>lactarius</ets>, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Milky; full of white juice like milk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Lactary</i> or milky plants."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Lactary</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>a dairyhouse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Lactate</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lactic acid.</def>

<h1>Lactation</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.</def>

<h1>Lacteal</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"te*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lacteus</ets> milky, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk. Cf. <er>Galaxy</er>, <er>Lettuce</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; <as>as, the <ex>lacteal</ex> fluid</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat. & Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; <as>as, the <ex>lacteal</ex> vessels</as>.</def>

<h1>Lacteal</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"te*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.</def>

<h1>Lacteally</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"te*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Milkily; in the manner of milk.</def>

<h1>Lactean</h1> <Xpage=823>

<hw>Lac"te*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lacteal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.</def> "This <i>lactean</i> whiteness."

<i>Moxon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat. & Physiol.)</fld> <def>Lacteal; conveying chyle.</def>

<h1>Lacteous</h1> <Xpage=823>