Incubator

(in' '-ku-ba-tor). A device for the artificial hatching of eggs or cultivation of microscopic plants; a couveuse (a. v.) for the preservation of the life of children prematurely born. I., Crede's, a copper tube made with double walls, between which water at the desired temperature may be kept, and withdrawn by means of pipes and stop-cocks. I., Tarnier's, an apparatus for the rearing of premature children, consisting of a box with two compartments, one containing the child, the other, and lower compartment, being filled with warm water, so as to keep a uniform temperature of 86°-88° F. Incubator or Couveuse. (From Fuller tori 's " Obstetric Nursing.") Incubous (inf -ku-bus). In biology, with the tip of one leaf lying flat over the base of the next above.