latency period

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

latency phase latency stage

Hypernyms

stage phase

Examples

The latency period is the time between infection and the ability of the disease to spread to another person, which may precede, follow, or be simultaneous with the appearance of symptoms. Source: Internet

There are wide variations in the mechanisms of liver injury and latency period from exposure to development of clinical illness. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

laten latence latency latency phase latency stage latency time