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Incubation period has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

See Also
appearance exposure signs symptoms
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
time period
Rhyming Words
iod period hesiod subperiod epitheliod gyroperiod semiperiod foreperiod dry period day period edo period nara period long period semi period test period rest period late period scotoperiod time period zero period
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