what does incubation period mean?

INCUBATION PERIOD as NOUN

Meaning
- the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease
Hypernyms(s) incubation period is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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