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LATENT PERIOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does latent period mean?
• LATENT PERIOD (noun)
The noun LATENT PERIOD has 2 senses:
1. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
2. the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
Familiarity information: LATENT PERIOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
latency; latent period; reaction time; response time
Hypernyms ("latent period" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("latent period" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
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