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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.


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