incubation, n.
(incubations)
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maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
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incubation
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derivationally related form
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sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
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brooding incubation
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derivationally related form
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(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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incubation
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derivationally related form