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latent
[ leyt-nt ]
adjective
- present but not visible, apparent, or activated; existing as potential:
latent ability.
- Pathology. (of an infectious agent or disease) in a phase of being hidden or unrecognized; not yet exhibiting symptoms. Compare dormant ( def 4 ).
- Psychology. existing in unconscious or dormant form but potentially able to achieve expression:
latent learning,
a latent emotion.
- Botany. (of buds that are not externally manifest) dormant or undeveloped.
latent
/ ˈleɪtənt /
adjective
- potential but not obvious or explicit
- (of buds, spores, etc) dormant
- pathol (esp of an infectious disease) not yet revealed or manifest
- (of a virus) inactive in the host cell, its nucleic acid being integrated into, and replicated with, the host cell's DNA
- psychoanal relating to that part of a dream expressive of repressed desires Compare manifest
latent content
Derived Forms
- ˈlatently, adverb
- ˈlatency, noun
Other Words From
- la·tent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of latent1
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Example Sentences
In the vast majority of people, such TB is latent and cannot be spread to others in this inactive state.
But it underlined an obsession with a murder suspect that has gripped social media since the killing on 4 December, fuelled by latent anger directed at America's private health insurers.
This means the adaptation behaviors the bats employed weren't learned; they were innate, latent and hard-wired into the bats' brain circuitry.
Even with lifelong ART treatment, the virus remains latent in reservoirs throughout the body that can reactivate at any time, and over the long-term, these reservoirs can contribute to chronic inflammation and comorbidities.
They wanted to investigate the ability of the substance's latent pores to separate two different forms of decalin.
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