incubation period

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incubation period

(Pathology) med the time between exposure to an infectious disease and the appearance of the first signs or symptoms. Sometimes shortened to: incubation

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Noun

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"

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periodo d'incubazione

incubation period

n (Med) → Inkubationszeit f

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The first stage of invasion occurs in first trimester and involves the decidual component of spiral artery and second wave occurs in 2 nd trimester which involves the myometrial component and thus converting the whole length of spiral artery into a funnel like channel.

A morphometric comparative study of placenta in normal and preeclampsia pregnancies delivering at 36 to 38 weeks of gestation and its impact on birth weight

cingulata density during spring autumn and winter occurred in habitats where invasion was classified as initial whereas the lowest densities occurred in the stage of invasion completed during each season.

Effect of Saltmarsh Cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Invasion Stage on Cerithidea cingulata (Caenogastropoda: Potamididae) Distribution: A Case Study from a Tidal Flat of Western Pacific Ocean China

If the Q biotype is still in an early stage of invasion, then by using appropriate quarantine measures, its further spread into other states may be hindered or delayed.