incubative
- a word derived from incubate.
Example Sentences
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After the usual incubative period this child sickened with a fatal form of the malady, and the remaining children of the household were in time affected.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Mania is usually preceded by an incubative period in which the patient's general health is affected.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
That the so-called incubative period is very definite and regular, being just a fortnight from infection to eruption.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
The latter terminated, the period of invasion follows, and extends from the conclusion of the incubative stage to the moment when the first cutaneous lesions of variola appear upon the surface.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Its incubative period is brief and distinguished by unusual conditions of malaise and lumbar pain.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various