incubation

in·cu·ba·tion  (nky-bshn, ng-)

n.

1.

a. The act of incubating.

b. The state of being incubated.

2. Medicine The development of an infection from the time the pathogen enters the body until signs or symptoms first appear.

3. Medicine The maintenance of an infant, especially a premature infant, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration in order to provide optimal conditions for growth and development.

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incu·bation·al adj.

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incubation  (nky-bshn)

1. The act of warming eggs in order to hatch them, as by a bird sitting upon a clutch of eggs in a nest.

2. The act of keeping an organism, a cell, or cell culture in conditions favorable for growth and development.

3. The maintenance of an infant, especially one that is ill or born before the usual gestation period, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration in order to provide optimal conditions for growth and development.

4. The development of an infection from the time the pathogen enters the body until signs or symptoms first appear.

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incubate verb

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	incubation - maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
	2.	incubation - (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
	3.	incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body brooding birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth

Translations

incubation [ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən] n → incubación f

incubation [ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən] n → incubation f

incubation [ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən] incubate n → Ausbrüten nt;

(of illness) → Inkubation f

incubation [ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən] n → incubazione f