incubation

Noun
  1. Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development (synset 100660039)
    is a type of: aid, attention, care, tending - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  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 (synset 115312814)
    referred to in: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
    is a type of: phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events
    is a part of: infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  3. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (synset 113462985)
    is a type of: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition - the process of giving birth
    same as: brooding

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