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incubation

noun

Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

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Word length
10
Starts with
I
Ends with
N
Contains
NC
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
B2

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ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən

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noun

  1. Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

noun

  1. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

noun

  1. (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

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