latency period

1. The fourth stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about five years to puberty, during which a child apparently represses sexual urges and prefers to associate with members of the same sex. It is preceded by the phallic stage and followed by the genital stage.

2. A latent period.

latency period

(Psychoanalysis) Psychoanal a period according to Freud, from the age of about five to puberty, when sexual interest is diminished

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latency period - (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities

latency phase, latency stage

depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"

childhood - the time of person's life when they are a child

phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"

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Sending them a promotion right after a particular latency period passes is smart marketing.

Using Latency to Improve Customer Retention by Corte Swearingen / Business community

Children are thought to be much more susceptible than adults, though we won't know for another 20 to 30 years how many will already have contracted this cancer from exposure in schools because of its long latency period," she said.

Cancer warning over asbestos in schools by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Prostate cancer (PCA), the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in men, represents an excellent candidate disease for chemoprevention studies because of its particularly long latency period, high rate of mortality and morbidity.

Theaflavins induced apoptosis of LNCaP cells is mediated through ... by Life Extension

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