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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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During the early incubatory period of the inner demibranchs (removal of ripe gametes or early developing embryos from the gametogenic follicles to the gills), a number of ripe eggs and D-shaped veliger larvae were filled in thickened inter-lamellar spaces of the inner-demibranchs (Fig. |
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