OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14518

incubation

/ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
incubación
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
incubación
The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
1829, A Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases The course of small-pox, whether distinct or confluent, may be divided into five stages, which are known under the names of incubat…
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