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Noun
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(n)
incubation
(maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development)
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W:
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incubate
[Related to:
incubation
] (grow under conditions that promote development)
S:
(n)
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)
domain category
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(n)
pathology
(the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
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(n)
brooding
,
incubation
(sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)
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derivationally related form