latent period

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latent period [′lāt·ənt ¦pir·ē·əd]

(medicine)

Any stage of an infectious disease in which there are no clinical signs of symptoms of the infection.

(physiology)

The period between the introduction of a stimulus and the response to it.

(virology)

The initial period of phage growth after infection during which time virus nucleic acid is manufactured by the host cell.

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