1. the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
Examples from the web for incubation period
- Nor are scientists aware of how long the incubation period lasts.
- In early spring, though no one had seen any eggs, the birds were exhibiting behavior consistent with the incubation period.
- Forty-three days is the longest known incubation period.
- In both the actual insect world and the fashion icon world, the butterfly seems to have a short incubation period.
- The time between exposure to the virus and eruption of symptoms is called the incubation period.
- Listeriosis has an extremely variable incubation period.
- The incubation period of a disease can help investigators identify the agent causing an illness.
- The incubation period varies depending upon the number of parasites in the meat and the amount eaten.
- Because of the long incubation period, many exposures may occur before a diagnosis of scabies is suspected.
- Exposure to the virus is followed by an incubation period during which people do not have any symptoms and may feel fine.
British Dictionary definitions for incubation period
noun 1. (med) the time between exposure to an infectious disease and the appearance of the first signs or symptoms Sometimes shortened to incubation
incubation period in Medicine
incubation period in Culture
incubation period definition
The amount of time it takes for symptoms of a disease to appear after an individual is infected (see infection) with the pathogen that causes the disease.