Incubation
Definition of Incubation
In`cu`ba´tion | n. | 1. | | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | The maintenance (of a living organism, such as microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for growth. | | 5. | The gradual development in some interior environment, until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first discovery. |
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incubate, infection, pathology, phase, stage
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