"incubation period" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: incubation periods [plural]
Etymology: Since 1850s, from earlier period of incubation, attested in that now obsolete sense since late 1820s, which is a calque of French période d’incubation (attested since mid-1810s), itself a calque from Latin periodus incubationis (attested since 1770s). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|fr|période d'incubation|nocap=1}} calque of French période d’incubation, {{der|en|la|periodus incubationis}} Latin periodus incubationis Head templates: {{en-noun}} incubation period (plural incubation periods)
  1. (epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms. Wikipedia link: incubation period Categories (topical): Epidemiology Translations (time between exposure and symptoms): 潛伏期 (Chinese Mandarin), 潜伏期 (qiánfúqī) (Chinese Mandarin), incubatietijd [masculine] (Dutch), itämisaika (Finnish), période d’incubation [feminine] (French), Inkubationszeit [feminine] (German), Incubationsdauer [feminine] (German), Incubationsstadium [neuter] (German), περίοδος επώασης (períodos epóasis) [feminine] (Greek), lappangási idő (Hungarian), inkubációs idő (Hungarian), tréimhse ghoir [feminine] (Irish), 潜伏期間 (senbuku kikan) (alt: せんぷくきかん) (Japanese), inkubasjonstid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), inkubasjonstid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), perioadă de incubație [feminine] (Romanian), timp de incubație [masculine] (Romanian), инкубацио́нный пери́од (inkubaciónnyj períod) [masculine] (Russian), inkubationstid [common-gender] (Swedish)

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