incubation period

Definitions

Food

• The time following the introduction of a

  microorganism

  into a host (i.e. food or a person) during which it establishes itself and grows without visible signs or effects

Medical

• noun the time during which a virus or

  bacterium

  develops in the body after

  contamination

  or

  infection

  , before the appearance of the symptoms of the

  disease

  .

Travel

• noun a period during which a virus develops in your body after infection, before the symptoms of the disease appear

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