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An incubator is a piece of [[apparatus] in which conditions appropriate for growth and development can be maintained. They include:

  • A neonatal incubator, device used to care for premature babies in a Neonatal intensive-care unit.
  • Incubator (microbiology), a device for maintaining a bacterial culture at a particular temperature for a set length of time, in order to measure bacterial growth
  • Incubator (for birds' eggs)

See also[]

  • Avian incubation, sitting on or brooding bird's eggs in order to hatch them
  • Incubation period, a medical term for the time between being exposed to infection and showing first symptoms
  • Incubation (psychology), the process of thinking about a problem subconsciously while being involved in other activities
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