Thesaurus: incubation

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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.
2. n. The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. n. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
4. n. maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
5. 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
6. n. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
7. 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.
8. The development of a disease from its causes, or its period ofincubation. (See below.)
9. n:100 n. maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development 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