incipiency
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To be able to distinguish between the generalization of a septic infection in its incipiency, and a more or less benign edema, is largely possible by digital manipulation alone.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
What was afterwards known as the Lincoln County War was just then in its incipiency.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson
His physical strength and the influence of his personality were quickly used to check in incipiency any evidence of approaching disorder.
From Sergeant York And His People by Cowan, Sam K. (Sam Kinkade)
And now you are afraid that your wife is developing the same propensity, and you ask me to use my influence to cure her of it in its incipiency.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Those who supported the idea in its incipiency always urged the necessity of employing Negroes in the army.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
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