Incubation (psychology)
WordNet
noun
(1) Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
(2) Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
(3) (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams.
- 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 144:
- Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams.
- 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 144: