Latent-period
noun
1.
Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
2.
Physiology. the interval between stimulus and reaction.
noun
1.
the incubation period of an infectious disease, before symptoms appear
2.
another name for latent time
latent period n.
latent period
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