(chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. / (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

plural of incubator

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate

simple past tense and past participle of incubate

present participle of incubate

(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

plural of incubation period

Alternative form of preincubate

simple past tense and past participle of pre-incubate