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incubation period |
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incubation period [‚iŋ·kyə′bā·shən ‚pir·ē·əd] (medicine) The period of time required for the development of symptoms of a disease after infection, or of altered reactivity after exposure to an allergen. (vertebrate zoology) The brooding period required to bring an egg to hatching. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Teachers can determine the incubation time, individual immunity levels and how many characters, called coodles, will start with the infection. This means that for an incubation time of 50 years, nearly two thirds would die without disease symptoms. The scientists calculate that the minimum incubation time for the disease in these cases was between 34 and 41 years. |
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