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Definition: Incubation Period |
Incubation PeriodNoun1. The period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The period of time likely to elapse between exposure to the agent of the disease and the onset of clinical symptoms. (references) |
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Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a disease organism and when symptoms and signs are apparent. The period may be as short as hours to as long as thirty years in the case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease).
A person may be a carrier of a disease, such as strep throat, but not have any symptoms.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Incubation period."
Crosswords: Incubation Period |
| English words defined with "incubation period": Incubative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "incubation period": Feline Infectious Peritonitis ♦ visna. (references) |
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 | The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days with abrupt onset of illness, characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain.Credit: CDC. |  | After the incubation period of 2-6 days, symptoms of the plague appear including severe malaise, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling, or adenopathy, in the affected regional lymph nodes, also known as buboes.Credit: CDC. |
 | The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days with abrupt onset of illness, characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain.Credit: CDC. |  | The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days with abrupt onset of illness, characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Incubation period is 1 to 4 weeks. (references) | |
In some cases, the incubation period may be as long as 40 years. (references) | ||
The incubation period (see figure, number 4) is the time from exposure to onset of clinical signs of disease. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "incubation period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | inkubationstid, inkubationsperiode, udklaekningstid (breeding time, brooding time), rugeperiode (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inkubatietijd, incubatietijdperk (incubation), incubatietijd (incubation), incubatie (breed, hatch, incubation), tijd waarin een vogelsoort broedt (breeding time, brooding time), broedtijd (breeding time, brooding time), broedduur (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaikutusaika, haudonta-aika (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | période d'incubation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | inkubationszeit (latency period). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίοδος επώασης, διάρκεια επώασης (breeding time, brooding time), διάρκεια επωασμού (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | periodo d'incubazione (incubation), periodo di incubazione, durata di incubazione (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 潜伏期 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"ぷくき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incubationay eriodpay periodo de incubação, período de incubação. (various references) incubación (breed, breeding time, brooding, brooding time, hatch, hatching, incubation, sitting), periodo de incubacion (breeding time, brooding time), período de incubación. (various references) inkubationstid (delitescence), ruvningsperiod (breeding time, brooding time). (various references) kuluçka süresi (sitting), kuluçka dönemi (incubation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-i-i-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-t-u" | |
-4 letters: antiperiodic, precondition, preinduction. | |
-5 letters: aponeurotic, conditioner, conurbation, indirection, inebriation, nondiabetic, nonoperatic, opinionated, predication, recondition, repudiation, uncaptioned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 75 62 61 74 69 6F 6E 50 65 72 69 6F 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01110101 01100010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c u b a t i o n   P e r i o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 0075 0062 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438069876867867581802507184758170 |
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