1 Pain is considered a standard fifth vital sign in some organizations such as the U.S. Veterans Affairs. 2  Pain is measured on a pain scale based on subjective patient reporting and may be unreliable. 3  Some studies show that recording pain routinely may not change management.
incubator. 1  An investment and support program in which entrepreneurs starting internet businesses are provided with management advice, access to finance, and technical assistance by a network of investors. 2  A box-like structure with insulation and provisions for controlling its interior temperature.
â¦ An incubator is an insulated device in which organisms, cells, or cell cultures are kept at a constant temperature and humidity. , incubation-Latin incubare, the source of incubate, literally meant lie down on; incubation once had the sense of sleeping in a sacred place or temple for oracular purposes.. to sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting on them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as prematurely born infants. 4. to develop or produce as if by hatching: pranksters incubating new schemes.