INCUBATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("incubation" is a kind of...):

aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)

Derivation:

incubate (grow under conditions that promote development)

Meaning:

Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

Synonyms:

brooding; incubation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("incubation" is a kind of...):

Derivation:

incubate (sit on (eggs))

Meaning:

(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("incubation" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Holonyms ("incubation" is a part of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Derivation:

incubate (grow under conditions that promote development)