noun. A form of ‘hysteria’ or nervous disturbance common among the people of Java and other parts of Malaysia, in which they echo or imitate in a silly manner the words or actions of other persons and chatter absurdly.

noun. A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.

"I made a pedigree-culture of lata during eight successive generations, pollinating them in different ways, and always obtained cultures which were partly constituted of _lata_ and partly of"

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