See Also: pericoronal(medicine)
pericoronal abscess(medicine)
pericoronal flap(medicine)

incubate (oh) and pericoronal (medicine)


incubate (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of incubare 'to lie on', from cubare 'to lie']
if a bird incubates its eggs, or if the eggs incubate, they are kept warm until they hatch (=the birds inside are born)
technical if a disease incubates, or if you incubate it, it develops in your body until you show physical signs of it
-- incubation /7INkjJ5beIFEn/ n [U]
::Hepatitis has a long incubation period.

pericoronal (medicine)


pericoronal


Around the crown of a tooth.