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incubation period

incubation period noun: the time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

Noun

incubation period (plural incubation periods)

  1. The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.
    • There is to all diseases a period of incubation; distinct and definite in the exanthematae, less so, but still well marked, in fevers and other diseases. This period of incubation sufficiently defines the period of the development of disease in emigrant vessels. I have been led into these remarks...1854, Medical Notes on the Wreck of the San Francisco, by William P. Buel

incubation period meaning in Tamil

incubation period in Tamil

அடைகாக்குங்காலம், நோயரும்புகாலம், நோய்காப்புக்காலம், அடைகாக்கும் காலம், அடைகாப்புக்காலம், நோய்வளர் காலம்

Forms of incubation period

pluralincubation periods

Origin of incubation period

Since 1850s, from earlier period of incubation, attested in that now obsolete sense since late 1820s, which is a calque of French période d'incubation (attested since mid-1810s), itself a calque from Latin periodus incubationis (attested since 1770s).

Questions about incubation period

What does incubation period mean?
Incubation period means the time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.
What is incubation period in Tamil?
Incubation period in Tamil is அடைகாக்குங்காலம், நோயரும்புகாலம், நோய்காப்புக்காலம். See Incubation period meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incubation period?
Incubation period is a noun.
What is the plural of incubation period?
The plural of incubation period is incubation periods.

Words near incubation period in the dictionary

  1. incubatee
  2. incubatees
  3. incubates
  4. incubating
  5. incubation
  6. incubation period
  7. incubation periods
  8. incubation time
  9. incubation times
  10. incubational
  11. incubations

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