incubation period

Meaning

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

Synonyms

incubation

latent period

latent phase

brood stage

incubation season

incubation time

latent

Translations

Inkubationszeit

període d’incubació

couvaison

période d'incubation

incubazione

incubatietijd

incubació

Período de incubação

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).