Definitions for incubation period
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1. incubation periodnoun

   the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease

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1. incubation periodnoun

   The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

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1. Incubation period

   Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. In a typical infectious disease, the incubation period signifies the period taken by the multiplying organism to reach a threshold necessary to produce symptoms in the host. While latent or latency period may be synonymous, a distinction is sometimes made whereby the latent period is defined as the time from infection to infectiousness. Which period is shorter depends on the disease. A person may carry disease, such as Streptococcus in the throat, without exhibiting any symptoms. Depending on the disease, the person may or may not be contagious during the incubation period. During latency, an infection is subclinical. With respect to viral infections, in incubation the virus is replicating. This is in contrast to viral latency, a form of dormancy in which the virus does not replicate. An example of latency is HIV infection. HIV may at first have no symptoms and show no signs of AIDS, despite HIV replicating in the lymphatic system and rapidly accumulating a large viral load. People with HIV in this stage may be infectious.

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1. incubation period

   The incubation period is the period of time between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms. It varies for different diseases and can range from a few days to several weeks or even years. This period allows the infection to replicate or spread within the body before the onset of symptoms.

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1. Incubation period

   Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. In a typical infectious disease, incubation period signifies the period taken by the multiplying organism to reach a threshold necessary to produce symptoms in host. While latent or latency period may be synonymous, a distinction is sometimes made between incubation period, the period between infection and clinical onset of the disease, and latent period, the time from infection to infectiousness. Which is shorter depends on the disease. A person may be a carrier of a disease, such as Streptococcus in the throat, without exhibiting any symptoms. Depending on the disease, the person may or may not be contagious during the incubation period. During clinical latency, an infection is subclinical. With respect to viral infections, in clinical latency the virus is actively replicating. This is in contrast to viral latency, a form of dormancy in which the virus does not replicate. An example of clinical latency is HIV infection. HIV may at first have no symptoms and show no signs of AIDS, despite HIV replicating in the lymphatic system and rapidly accumulating a large viral load. These persons may be infectious.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incubation period in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incubation period in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of incubation period in a Sentence

1. Steve Schmidt:

   The important thing is to quickly collect as many of the carcasses as possible, to prevent other birds from feeding on the infected birds, biologists observed about 20 eagles in the vicinity of some of the carcasses. Because of a delayed incubation period it is uncertain where these eagles might be located, if and when the avian cholera affects them.

2. Michael Osterholm:

   I seriously doubt that the Chinese public officials have any data supporting this statement, i know of no evidence in 17 years of working with coronaviruses -- SARS and MERS -- where anyone has been found to be infectious during their incubation period.

3. Victor George Flores:

   Looking at the incubation period, they returned and were infected there, that's the natural course of this illness, it's proven because among the workers where they were staying, there are no positive cases.

4. The Texas Republican:

   Given that the interaction was 10 days ago, that the average incubation period is 5-6 days, that the interaction was for less than a minute, and I have no current symptoms, the medical authorities have advised me that the odds of transmission from the other individual to me were extremely low.

5. Martin Cetron:

   We believe that this approach of having a quarantine for the incubation period offers the greatest level of protection for the American public in preventing introduction and spread, that is our primary concern.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_Period
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