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[ UK /ˌɪnkjuːbˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪnkjuːbˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
How To Use incubation In A Sentence
- PUNE: The IIT Bombay Alumni Association (IITBAA) - Pune Chapter has tied up with the Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at the IIM-A for the benefit of creative minds and technocrats who qualify for Innovations 2011 ', to be organised from January 8, 2011 in Pune. The Times of India
- Nest initiation dates were estimated by candling incubating nests and assuming an incubation period of 24 to 26 days for hatching nests.
- In the ass and mule in almost all cases the period of incubation is short and the disease develops in an acute form. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- Back in the 1950s, Dutch ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen conducted now-classic studies of the bird's incubation behavior and discovered something astonishing: When presented with a choice between brooding its own small egg and the giant egg of a much larger bird, the oystercatcher invariably chose to sit on the giant one. From 'The End of Overeating'
- Information recorded for all nests in all years included date found, incubation stage determined by floatation or candling, and status (parasitized or not parasitized).
- By discovering its shape, and how it behaved biochemically in the human immune system, they showed that this retrovirus (a retrovirus invades and fuses with DNA of host cells and replicates as part of that cell) was the first known human lentivirus, that is a virus with a long incubation period. Medlogs - Recent stories
- Eggs were candled to determine incubation stage, and laying dates were calculated by backdating.
- Viable molds and bacteria were determined by incubation on two different media.
- There is a like discrepancy in the views on the possibility of its diffusion by drinking water, on the influence of conditions of soil, on the question whether the dejecta contain the poison or not, and on the duration of the incubation period. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
- Following incubation with fluorescence-conjugated secondary antibody (at room temperature for 60 min) and rinses, slides were incubated with DAPI (1: 10,000, Sigma, St. Louis, MO) for 15 minutes to counterstain nuclei, mounted, and cover-slipped. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles