Incubation

Incubation ( from the Latin incubare " lie on ", " hatch " ) has several meanings:

In biology:

• Incubation of eg birds' eggs with heat until they hatch
• Cultivation, for example, for cell cultures, bacterial cultures in an incubator, incubator see (biology)
• Allow to work of enzymes, antibodies, etc. on a substrate

In Medicine:

• The establishment and propagation of pathogens in the body ( see also: incubation time)
• The rearing of premature babies in an incubator, incubator see (medicine)
• Incubation in the context of traumatic experiences and problem solving, see incubation ( Psychology )
• The sleep temples in antiquity, see Enkoimesis

In addition:

• Figuratively unconscious incubation of ideas in an expansion phase after intensive phase of thought, see Enkoimesis ( sleep temples )

• Disambiguation