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incubation
 
Noun incubation has 3 senses
  1. incubation - maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
    --1 is a kind of     care, attention, aid, tending
    Derived form: verb incubate1
  2. 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
    --2 is a kind of     phase, stage
    --2 is a part of infection
    Derived form: verb incubate1
  3. brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
    --3 is a kind of parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
    Derived form: verb incubate2
incrust incrustation incsecticide inctiminating incuba incubate incubated incubating incubation incubation period incubator incubators incubeious incubent incubi and succubi incubious incubis

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