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larvaceous

larvaceous adjective: larvate.

Adjective

larvaceous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Larvate.
    • I now proceed to speak of larvaceous gout, which as yet I have not discussed.1871, Armand Trousseau, Lectures on clinical medicine delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, page 376
    • Given the potential infectious factors that make the shock period more unstable, the sudden death caused by septicemia during shock period may largely be attributed to the larvaceous infection with a rather great severity.2019, Xiaobing Fu, Liangming Liu, Severe Trauma and Sepsis: Organ Damage and Tissue Repair, page 214

Questions about larvaceous

What does larvaceous mean?
Larvaceous means larvate.
What part of speech is larvaceous?
Larvaceous is an adjective.

Words near larvaceous in the dictionary

  1. Larusso
  2. Larussos
  3. larva
  4. larvacean
  5. larvaceans
  6. larvaceous
  7. larvacidal
  8. larvacide
  9. larvacides
  10. larvae
  11. larvaesque

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