lactiferous
Americanadjective
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producing or secreting milk.
lactiferous glands.
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conveying milk or a milky fluid.
lactiferous ducts.
adjective
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producing, conveying, or secreting milk or a milky fluid
lactiferous ducts
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botany containing latex; laticiferous
Other Word Forms
- lactiferousness noun
Etymology
Origin of lactiferous
1665–75; < New Latin lactifer that bears milk ( lacti-, -fer ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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These alveoli join up to form groups known as lobules, and each lobule has a lactiferous duct that drains into openings in the nipple.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Figure 27.17 Anatomy of the Breast During lactation, milk moves from the alveoli through the lactiferous ducts to the nipple.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Milk drains from lactiferous ducts into lactiferous sinuses that meet at 4 to 18 perforations in the nipple, called nipple pores.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Once milk is made in the alveoli, stimulated myoepithelial cells that surround the alveoli contract to push the milk to the lactiferous sinuses.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Let me curr to quercine shades Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids!
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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