latent
[la´tent] dormant or concealed; not manifest; potential.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
la·tent
(lā'tent), Not manifest, dormant, but potentially discernible.
[L. lateo, pres. p. latens (-ent-), to lie hidden]
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latent
(lāt′nt)adj.1. Medicine Present but not symptomatic: a latent virus.
2. Biology Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes: a latent bud.
3. Psychology Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.
la′tent·ly adv.
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latent
adjective Dormant. Cf Active. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
la·tent
(lā'tĕnt) Not manifest; dormant, but potentially discernible.
[L. lateo, pres. p. latens (-ent-), to lie hidden]
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latent
Present but not manifest. Not yet having an effect.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
latent
inactive, but having the potential for activity as in dormant buds or the resting stages of organisms.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Latent
A nonactive virus which is in a dormant state within a cell. The herpes virus is latent in the nervous system.
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la·tent
(lā'tĕnt) Not manifest, dormant, but potentially discernible.
[L. lateo, pres. p. latens (-ent-), to lie hidden]
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