incubation

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noun

1. maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
incubate
• Hypernyms:
care, attention, aid, tending
2. (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
• Derivationally related forms:
incubate
• Topics:
pathology
• Hypernyms:
phase, stage
• Part Holonyms:
infection
3. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
• Syn:
brooding
• Derivationally related forms:
incubate
• Hypernyms:
parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing