Definition of Incubetion
In`cu*ba"tion (?), n. [L.
incubatio: cf. F. incubation.]
1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of
hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the
life within, by any process. Ray.
2. (Med.) The development of a disease
from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the
purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Tylor.
Period of incubation, or Stage of
incubation (Med.), the period which elapses
between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting
from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or
spores.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
- The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
- A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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