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incubate verb

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

incubator noun

  /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]
  • (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
  • An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
 incubadora

incubation noun

  /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/ , /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
  • Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
 covament, incubació
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