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incubation period
noun
- the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
incubation period
noun
- med the time between exposure to an infectious disease and the appearance of the first signs or symptoms Sometimes shortened toincubation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incubation period1
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Example Sentences
And Sherriff and baby Agnes had passed the 21 days incubation period, proving they had not contracted Ebola.
Given the incubation period of the virus, we should know by the end of the week.
Most cases of Ebola occur after a brief one- to three-day incubation period.
The incubation period was twelve days; during that time it gave no sign.
The disease might have an incubation period of nearly fifteen years, judging by the length of time it had taken to hit Durwood.
Somehow, the plague incubation period had been shortened to fit their life span; the disease was nothing if not adaptive.
Here we have the same incubation-period as in the Oxford fever, about fourteen days.
With each increase in glycerol level, motility was reduced during the incubation period.
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