larvated

English

Etymology

From Latin larvatus (“bewitched”). See larva, larvate.

Adjective

larvated (not comparable)

  1. Masked; concealed.
    • 1895, Landon Carter Gray, A Treatise on nervous and mental diseases, page 635:
      ... larvated or concealed in an excellent one, even though they are preceded by such slight attacks of petit mal. These larvated attacks of epileptic insanity are apt to recur periodically or quasi-periodically, and they have in […]
    • 1898, The Hahnemannian Monthly, page 594:
      […] larvated or masked form, the latent form, the secondary and the associated forms. The Common Form. - Dyspepsia and anæmia often signalize its beginning; herpes zoster, according to some authors, is a precious diagnostic sign of […]
  2. Containing a larva or larvae.
    larvated eggs
    • 2021, Anne M. Zajac, Gary A. Conboy, Susan E. Little, Veterinary Clinical Parasitology, page 136:
      Larvated eggs are passed in the feces and are ingested by fly larvae intermediate hosts.
    • 2022, Jorge Morales-Montor, Víctor Hugo Del Río-Araiza, Romel Hernandéz-Bello, Parasitic Helminths and Zoonoses: From Basic to Applied Research, page 191:
      Paratenic or incidental hosts that ingest larvated eggs maintain somatic larvae in their tissues ( 3 ) that are infective to predators of the infected paratenic host. .
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