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latency
  • n  (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
  • n  the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
  • n  the state of being not yet evident or active
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latency period
  • n  (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
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latency phase
  • n  (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
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latency stage
  • n  (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
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latent content
  • n  (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream
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latent diabetes
  • n  a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures
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latent heat
  • n  heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
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latent hostility
  • n  feelings of hostility that are not manifest
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latent period
  • n  the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
  • n  the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
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latent schizophrenia
  • n  schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
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lateral cerebral sulcus
  • n  the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
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lateral condyle
  • n  a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur
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lateral epicondyle
  • n  epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur
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lateral epicondylitis
  • n  painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
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lateral geniculate
  • n  a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
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lateral geniculate body
  • n  a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
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lateral humeral epicondylitis
  • n  painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
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lateral line
  • n  sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
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lateral line organ
  • n  sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
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