Synonyms for incubation
ˌɪn kyəˈbeɪ ʃən, ˌɪŋ-in·cu·ba·tion

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1. incubationnoun

   maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

   Synonyms:
   brooding

2. incubationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   brooding

3. brooding, incubationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   brooding, pensiveness

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1. • Care
   • Pathology
   • Phase

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1. List of paraphrases for "incubation":

   hatching, incubating, incubator, hcw, preincubation

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1. Los Cabos Trust:

   Twenty days after their return to Austin, Texas, they had already passed the incubation period established by the World Health Organization.

2. Cesare Galli:

   We brought 10 oocytes back from Kenya, five from each female. After incubation, seven matured and were suitable for fertilization.

3. Victor George Flores:

   Looking at the incubation period, they returned and were infected there, that's the natural course of this illness, it's proven because among the workers where they were staying, there are no positive cases.

4. The Texas Republican:

   Given that the interaction was 10 days ago, that the average incubation period is 5-6 days, that the interaction was for less than a minute, and I have no current symptoms, the medical authorities have advised me that the odds of transmission from the other individual to me were extremely low.

5. William Jennings Bryan:

   Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.