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Definition of Incubation

1. Noun. Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development.

2. Noun. (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear.

3. Noun. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.

Definition of Incubation

1. n. 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.

Definition of Incubation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incubation

1. The development of an infectious disease from the entrance of the pathogen to the appearance of clinical symptoms. Origin: L. Incubatio (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incubation

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