the period of incubation

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• Period of incubation — Incubation In cu*ba tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …   Medical dictionary

• Incubation (psychology) — Incubation is one of the 4 proposed stages of creativity: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification [ Christensen, T. Bo (2005). Creative Cognition: Analogy and Incubation. Department of Psychology, University of Aarhus, Denmark ] …   Wikipedia

• Incubation — In cu*ba tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• incubation period — incubation (1) the period of time from egg fertilization until hatching, as in a hatchery) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• incubation period — The period after pathogen entry into a host and before signs and symptoms appear …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Incubation period — Latency time redirects here. For latency in communications, see Lag. Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. The period may be as… …   Wikipedia

• Incubation period — In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the disease appear. For example, the incubation period of chickenpox is 14 16 days. In biology, the incubation period is the time needed for any… …   Medical dictionary

• incubation — incubational, incubatory /in kyeuh beuh tawr ee, tohr ee, ing /, adj. /in kyeuh bay sheuhn, ing /, n. 1. the act or process of incubating. 2. the state of being incubated. 3. See incubation period. [1605 15; < L incubation (s. of incubatio). See… …   Universalium

• incubation period — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms incubation period : singular incubation period plural incubation periods 1) medical the amount of time that it takes for the signs of an infection to become noticeable 2) biology the amount of time that it… …   English dictionary

• period — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 length of time ADJECTIVE ▪ extended, lengthy, long, prolonged, sustained ▪ brief, limited, short …   Collocations dictionary