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Incubation
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The word '''incubation''' (from the
Latin ''incubare'', "to lie upon") can mean the following:
* In
chemistry or
biochemistry, incubation refers to maintaining a system under specific conditions in order to promote a particular reaction.
* The word
Avian incubation incubate is applied to sitting on or brooding
birds
Egg (biology) eggs in order to hatch them.
* In
economics and
management, incubation refers to the support provided by
business incubators in the development phase of
startups when
entrepreneurs work on the launch of their companies.
* Incubation can refer to
infant warming when they cannot maintain their normal body temperature (Incubator, see
Neonatal intensive care unit).
* An
incubation period in
medicine means the time between being exposed to
infection and showing first
symptoms.
* In
microbiology, incubation can refer an
incubation period, as in medicine, or it can refer to maintaining a bacterial culture at a particular temperature for a set length of time, in order to measure bacterial growth. See
Incubator (microbiology)
* Incubation also refers to the religious practice of sleeping in a sacred area with the intention of experiencing a divinely-inspired dream or cure. Incubation was practised by members of the cult of
Asclepius and votive offerings found at his ritual centres at
Epidaurus,
Pergamum and
Rome detail the perceived effectiveness of the method . Incubation was adopted by certain Christian sects and is still used in a few Greek monasteries. Cf.
incubus (demon), or a nightmare.
*
Incubation (computer game) is a
computer game.
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