Extrinsic incubation period
extrinsic incubation period n.
The interval between the acquisition of an infectious agent by a vector and the vector’s ability to transmit the agent to other susceptible vertebrate hosts.
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- Extro-
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- Extropian
noun, adjective an advocate of the theory that cultural and technological development will expand indefinitely and in an orderly progressive manner throughout the universe
- Extropianism
noun advocacy of the theory that cultural and technological development will expand indefinitely and in an orderly progressive manner throughout the universe
- Extropy
noun the theory that cultural and technological development will expand indefinitely and in an orderly progressive manner throughout the universe, the tendency of systems to grow more organized; also written Extropy Word Origin coined by T.O. Morrow in 1988 noun See extropy