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latent period
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latent period
n.
1. The interval between exposure to an infectious organism or a carcinogen and the clinical appearance of disease.
2. The interval between stimulus and response.
latent period
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) the incubation period of an infectious disease, before symptoms appear
2. (Psychology) another name for latent time
latent period
1. The interval between exposure to an infectious organism or a carcinogen and the appearance of symptoms or signs of disease.
2. The period elapsing between the application of a stimulus and the expected response, such as the contraction of a muscle.
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Noun1.latent period - the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time, response time, latency
interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
2.latent period - the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants


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Since therapy may affect the duration of individual latent periods and infectious periods, only the data in reports from person who had not received therapy was used in this analysis for latent periods (24-29), and for infectious periods (24,25,27,28).
Epidemiologic determinants for modeling pneumonic plague outbreaks by Leach, Steve / Emerging Infectious Diseases
0] - 1)r postattack (14), an assumption that further favors donor screening as the number of blood donors who are infected (and by ignoring latent periods, infectious) will grow exponentially at the same rate, leading to earlier detection via donor screening than would occur otherwise.
Detecting bioterror attacks by screening blood donors: a best-case ... by Wein, Lawrence M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Although our study suggested that women with high relative delivered doses (RDDs) of PCE-contaminated drinking water have an increased risk of breast cancer, firm conclusions were limited by the small proportion of exposed subjects, particularly when long latent periods were considered.
Perchloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of breast ... by Ozonoff, David / Environmental Health Perspectives
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