INCUBATION


Meaning of INCUBATION in English

n. 1 a the act of incubating. b brooding. 2 Med. a a phase through which the germs causing a disease pass before the development of the first symptoms. b the period of this. incubational adj. incubative adj. incubatory adj.

[ L incubatio (as INCUBATE) ]

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