0 present participle of incubate --
1 When a bird, etc. incubates its eggs, it keeps them warm until the young come out, and when eggs incubate, they develop to the stage at which the young come out: --
2 When harmful bacteria or viruses incubate, or when a person or animal incubates them, they increase in size or number in the person's or animal's body but do not yet produce the effects of disease. --
The embryo and the endosperm, dissected from single seeds, were also used for enzyme assays by placing them directly on the surface of the gel and incubating as described above.
Nitrate production in the field by incubating the soils in polyethylene bags.
To control for a potential interaction between host reproduction and parasite effect, we recorded whether females were gravid (with eggs in their ventral incubating pouch or marsupium).
Background levels of hypoxanthine uptake were determined by incubating uninfected erythrocytes in parallel wells.
Nitrate production in the field by incubating the soil in polyethylene bags.
Later she tests its blood and discovers that it has been infected and is incubating a virus that will become highly contagious within a couple of days.
The birds were each incubating two or three eggs and there were no signs of chicks yet.
According to the experiment procedure, incubating of the sample was performed overnight (16 h) until complete lysis was achieved.
