When prepared with meat, the confit most often combines herbs such as thyme or garlic and seasonings such as salt and pepper, with oil or fat to become a main ingredient for stews, soups, main dishes, or meat fillings in foods like crepes.rench in origin, this term means to preserve which has been a traditional French method of keeping food in storage for longer periods of time.
The final stage of fetal development. The fetal period of prenatal development begins on the last day of the eighth week after fertilization and continues until birth. This stage is characterized by the exponential growth of the embryo, now called a fetus, and the development of fully differentiated organs and tissues.
Called also sphygmic period. gestation period see gestation period. incubation period see incubation period. isoelectric period the moment in muscular contraction when no deflection of the galvanometer is produced. latency period. 1. latent period. 2. latency stage.latent period a seemingly inactive period, as that between exposure to an infection and the onset of illness (incubation period) or that between the instant of stimulation and the beginning of response (latency, def. 2).alled also sphygmic period. gestation period see gestation period. incubation period see incubation period. isoelectric period the moment in muscular contraction when no deflection of the galvanometer is produced. latency period. 1. latent period. 2. latency stage.