Disambiguation: incubation period
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| Biomedical and Life Sciences > Encyclopedia of Entomology |
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| The period in which the embryo develops within the egg before hatching (eclosion). In epidemiology, however, it refers to the period between when organisms are infected with a disease, and the appearance of the disease.... |
| Biomedical and Life Sciences > Encyclopedia of Parasitology |
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| Period up to the first appearance of clinical symptoms after an infection with agents of disease. It is mostly not identical to prepatency.... |
| Medicine > Encyclopedia of Public Health |
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| Incubation period Incubation is the time interval between invasion by an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question.... |
| Chemistry and Material Science > Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers |
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| In the stages of infectious disease, the time between infection and the appearance of signs and symptoms.... |