incubation period

短语

[医] 潜伏期; 孵育期

词形变化

incubation periods 复数 incubation periods

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    潜伏期

    医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

period period of time time period

词源

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).

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