Incubation (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its developmentplay

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

brooding; incubation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)

Derivation:

incubate (sit on (eggs))

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

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)

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