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incubation
(encz) | incubation,inkubace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
[1913 Webster]
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
incubation
(wn) | incubation
n 1: maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for
its development
2: (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection
between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the
first symptoms appear
3: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
[syn: brooding, incubation] |
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incubation
(encz) | incubation,inkubace n: Zdeněk Brož |
incubation period
(encz) | incubation period,inkubační doba [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Period of incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
[1913 Webster]
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Stage of incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
[1913 Webster]
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
incubation
(wn) | incubation
n 1: maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for
its development
2: (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection
between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the
first symptoms appear
3: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
[syn: brooding, incubation] |
incubation period
(wn) | incubation period
n 1: the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms
of the disease |
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