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. Source: opted

2. n. The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.) Source: opted

3. n. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Source: opted

4. n. maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development Source: wordnet

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 Source: wordnet

6. n. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. The development of a disease from its causes, or its period ofincubation. (See below.) Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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