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incubation period

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Noun1.incubation period - the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
Translations
incubation period n → período de incubación
incubation period n → période f d'incubation
incubation period incubate n → Inkubationszeit f
incubation period n → (periodo di) incubazione f


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