Definition of Incubation

  • 1. Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development Noun
  • 2. (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear Noun
  • 3. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body Noun

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