| NOUN | act | incubation | maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development |
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| time | 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 | |
| process | incubation, brooding | sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body |
| Sounds | ih.ngkyuwbey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development. | |
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| Broader | care, attention, aid, tending | The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something |
| Spanish | incubación | |
| Catalan | incubació | |
| Verbs | incubate | grow under conditions that promote development |
| Meaning | (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear. | |
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| Category | pathology | The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases |
| Part of | infection | The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| Broader | phase, stage | Any distinct time period in a sequence of events |
| Verbs | incubate | grow under conditions that promote development |
| Meaning | Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. | |
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| Synonym | brooding | |
| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
| Spanish | incubación | |
| Catalan | incubació | |
| Verbs | incubate | sit on (eggs) |
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