Ĭn'cu-bā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. incubatio, Fr. incubation, Sp. incubacion, It. incubazione.]
Sense 1. The act of sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; the hatching of young from eggs by any process. Ray.
Sense 2. (Med.) The maturation of a contagious poison.
Period of incubation, the period which elapses between exposure to a contagious disease and the attack resulting from it.