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incubative, a.|ˈɪnkjuːbeɪtɪv|
[f. L. incubāt-, ppl. stem (see incubate) + -ive.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the incubation of oviparous animals.
1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. II. xi. 285 A beautiful thing is the incubative, the pre-maternal instinct.
2. Path. Of or pertaining to the incubation of disease; characterized by incubation.
1835G. Gregory Theo. & Pract. Med. ii. v. (ed. 4) 149 The circumstance of the initiatory catarrhal fever, being viewed, or not, as constituting part of the incubative stage. 1851–9Bryson in Man. Sci. Enq. 248 Its incubative period—the time which the infectious germs when separated from their source will retain their productiveness. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 477 The incubative period [of yellow fever] is longer than usually supposed. |