"incubations" in the noun sense
1. incubation
maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
2. incubation
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. brooding, incubation
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
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