incubation

haudonta

inkubaatio, itäminen

hautominen Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
puhekieltä The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
puhekieltä A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams.
1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 144:

Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams.