About The Word Incubation
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Incubation
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What's The Definition Of Incubation?
[n] maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
[n] sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body [n] (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear Synonyms | Synonyms for Incubation: brooding Related Terms | Find terms related to Incubation: See Also | aid | attention | birth | birthing | care | giving birth | infection | parturition | phase | stage | tending Incubation In Webster's Dictionary \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
{Period of incubation}, or {Stage of incubation} (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a
disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of
development of the supposed germs or spores.
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