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incubation periods

incubation periods is the plural of incubation period.

Meaning of incubation period

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

Questions about incubation periods

What is incubation periods the plural of?
Incubation periods is the plural of incubation period.

Words near incubation periods in the dictionary

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

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