The word "incubation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the period during which an egg or a microorganism is developing, usually inside a special environment. For example, "The incubation period for chickens is 21 days."
I am now past the incubation period – meaning that I will not develop symptoms of Ebola.
We're economically, politically and geographically isolated, as well as largely ignored by national media based elsewhere, which means bands end up having an incubation period.
A country or region is considered to have eradicated Ebola after 42 days – double the maximum incubation period for the virus.
The incubation period – the gap between an individual being infected and showing symptoms – is up to 21 days, meaning it is possible for an infected person to travel widely before realising they have the disease.
The nest first built now contains four young ones, nearly fledged, and the owners of the last are engaged in incubation; but the poor female remains in all the misery of singleness, scarcely daring to leave her house, lest it should be demolished before her return.
Although the number of new cases of BSE has fallen steadily in Britain, due to bans on certain feeds and the mandatory culling of infected animals, vCJD has a long incubation period, which could be 20 years or more.
But Romano Prodi's centre-left coalition, which will mark its first birthday next week, has good reason to celebrate.If ever an infant needed incubation, it was Mr Prodi's administration a year ago.
The "government" could not isolate victims because smallpox has an incubation period of up to 14 days, during which carriers are infectious.
As the panel notes, the incubation period for most infectious diseases is longer than most international air flights.
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Of an admittedly small sample of 37 infertile women in his study, two-thirds became pregnant after a single incubation, regardless of which method was employed.
