incubation
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- n. 孵化；[病毒][醫(yī)] 潛伏；抱蛋
英英釋意
- 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