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. Wu Minzhou:

   Because there's an ... incubation period at play here, if they head out, for example, to cities in the north of China then it's highly possible they will infect those areas too.

2. Martin Cetron:

   We believe that this approach of having a quarantine for the incubation period offers the greatest level of protection for the American public in preventing introduction and spread, that is our primary concern.

3. Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert:

   The MMR vaccine works faster than the incubation of the disease, this disease has affected mainly children in the county.

4. 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.

5. David Heymann:

   Infectious agents travel around in humans many times within their incubation period.