Incubation — In cu*ba tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stage — The extent of a cancer, especially whether the disease has spread from the original site to other parts of the body. See also staging. * * * 1. A period in the course of a disease; a description of the extent of involvement of a disease process… … Medical dictionary
Period of incubation — Incubation In cu*ba tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Incubation period — In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the disease appear. For example, the incubation period of chickenpox is 14 16 days. In biology, the incubation period is the time needed for any… … Medical dictionary
incubation — The name used first by Jacob Getzel (American psychologist) for the third stage in the creative process: mulling over the problem in a sort of chaos of ideas and knowledge, letting go of certainties (forgetting); engaging the intuitive, non… … Glossary of Art Terms
prodromal stage — the period of early symptoms of a disease; see prodrome. In an infectious disease process, this is after the incubation period and just before the appearance of characteristic symptoms. Called also prodromal period … Medical dictionary
Procellariidae — Taxobox name = Procellariidae image width = 250px image caption = Cape Petrel Daption capense regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae familia authority = Leach, 1820 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
Terra Nova Expedition — Scott s party at the South Pole, 18 January 1912. L to R: (standing) Oates, Scott, Wilson; (seated) Bowers, Edgar Evans The Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1912), officially the British Antarc … Wikipedia
Cape Crozier — is the most easterly point of Ross Island in Antarctica, at coord|77|30|S|169|20|E. It was discovered in 1841 during James Clark Ross s expedition with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror , and was named after Francis Crozier, captain of HMS Terror. The… … Wikipedia
Business incubator — Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in… … Wikipedia
