- incubation - maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
--1 is a kind of care, attention, aid, tending
Derived form: verb incubate1 - 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 infectionDerived form: verb incubate1 - 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