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PRONUNCIATION OF LATENT PERIOD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LATENT PERIOD

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Latent period is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LATENT PERIOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of latent period in the English dictionary

The definition of latent period in the dictionary is the incubation period of an infectious disease, before symptoms appear.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LATENT PERIOD

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latence
latency
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lateness
latensification
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latent heat
latent image
latent learning
latent time
latently
later
latera recta
laterad
lateral
lateral line system
lateral thinking
lateralise

WORDS THAT END LIKE LATENT PERIOD

accounting period
base period
consultation period
cooling-off period
critical period
development period
Edo period
free period
glacial period
grace period
honeymoon period
incubation period
latency period
menstrual period
payback period
period
photoperiod
Question Period
refractory period
study period
trial period

Synonyms and antonyms of latent period in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «latent period» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATENT PERIOD

Find out the translation of latent period to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of latent period from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «latent period» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潜伏期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

período de latencia
570 millions of speakers

English

latent period
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अव्यक्त अवधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فترة الكمون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

латентный период
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

período de latência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুপ্ত কাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

période de latence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tempoh laten
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Latenzzeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

潜伏期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠복기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Periode laten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian tiềm ẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறைந்த காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुप्त कालावधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gizli dönem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

periodo di latenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okres utajony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

латентний період
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perioada de latenta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λανθάνουσα περίοδος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

latente periode
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

latensperiod
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

latenstid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of latent period

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LATENT PERIOD»

The term «latent period» is regularly used and occupies the 100.556 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LATENT PERIOD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about latent period

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATENT PERIOD»

Discover the use of latent period in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to latent period and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Principles of Plant Pathology
Van de Plank (1963), using this approach, devised formulae to take into account the facts that in fungal diseases there is a latent period following inoculation and that plant growth and senescence occur. The latent period is defined as the time  ...
J. G. Manners, 1993
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Principles of Medical Physiology
The latent period is longer when the distance between the point of nerve stimulation and the neuromuscular junction is more, or when a heavier load prolongs the initial isotonic contraction phase. (2) Isotonic contraction is the phase in which ...
Sabyasachi Sircar, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods
Lagged Cumulative Exposure see Occupational Health and Medicine Latent Failure Times Model see Competing Risks Latent Period Latency or latent period is defined as the time interval between the initiation time, say to, of a disease ...
Mitchell H Gail, Jacques Benichou, 2000
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Rust Diseases of Wheat: Concepts and Methods of Disease ...
In addition, low receptivity (reduced number of infections) and latent period duration are not measured by infection type scoring. No exact relationship exists between infection type and usefulness of the resistance in a breeding program.
Alan P. Roelfs, R. P. Singh, E. E. Saari, 1992
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Introductory Microbiology
The latent period is the time taken from infection to the appearance of new virus in the medium. During the latent period, new bacteriophage particles are produced. As virus particles mature, they are released from lysed bacterial cells.
J. Heritage, E. G. V. Evans, R. A. Killington, 1996
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Modern Epidemiology
The time interval between irreversible disease occurrence and detection has been termed the latent period (Rothman, 1 98 1 ), although others have used this term interchangeably with induction period. Still others use latent period to mean  ...
Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, Timothy L. Lash, 2008
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Epidemiologic Methods for the Study of Infectious Diseases
This original simple model by Ross does not include the latent period (or external incubation period) in the mosquito. The latent period of the malaria parasite in mosquitoes is an important component, because it is on the order of the life ...
James C. Thomas Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatrics David J. Weber Professor of Medicine, and Epidemiology both at the School of Public Health University of North Carolina, 2001
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Immunology: A Short Course
The length of the latent period also depends heavily on the sensitivity of the assay used to measure the product of the response. As we shall see in more detail in subsequent chapters, the latent period includes the time taken for T and B cells ...
Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine, 2009
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The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
The mean duration of latent period permits classification of P. striiformis f.sp. tritici as a pathogen having a slow infection cycle, B. graminis as having a fast infection cycle, and P. triticina and P. graminis f.sp. tritici with intermediate infection ...
B.M. Cooke, D.Gareth Jones, B. Kaye, 2006
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An Introduction to Microbiology
period, where there is no increase in PFU is called the latent period and the period during which it increases is called the rise period. The number of phages at the plateau represents about 100-200 fold increase over that in the latent period.
P. Tauro, K. K. Kapoor, K. S. Yadav, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATENT PERIOD»

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Experts: Decorah eagles will rebuild - WXOW News 19 La Crosse …
All of the eaglets are ok, the adults are in a latent period where they're not nest building, they'll have plenty of time when they nerd to start a ... «WXOW.com, Jul 15»
2
Wanted: 50000 more French civil servants
According to the report, the primary cause is a “latent period” between the decision to employ someone and actually hiring them as well as a ... «The Local.fr, Jul 15»
3
Squid over state to fight MERS
After a latent period, it can present symptoms ranging from fever and rash to headaches and diarrhea. She conceded that while there is ... «Daily NK, Jun 15»
4
Potato late blight recommendations for 2015
Although harsh, MSU trials have shown the latent period between infection and symptom development is about seven days and although not ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 15»
5
Scans show possibility of prior injury, court told
He did not believe there was any evidence to support a theory of a lucid interval or latent period between a head injury and the onset of ... «RTE.ie, Jun 15»
6
Hospital focuses on containment after shutdown
Though he tested positive on Sunday - later than the maximum latent period of two weeks - the health authority said he may have exhibited ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jun 15»
7
MERS infections in S. Korea rise to 145, Samsung hospital closed
Among the total number of those put under quarantine were 2,473 people freed from the isolation as the latent period of two weeks have ... «Shanghai Daily, Jun 15»
8
MERS starts to spread more widely in Korea
The health authority said MERS' latent period is two to 14 days, with 6.5 days on average. The government expected that it wouldn't see many ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jun 15»
9
24 MERS-related hospitals disclosed in S. Korea
... Medical Center on May 29, additional contagions were not expected to be added from June 12 when the two-week latent period ends. «Xinhua, Jun 15»
10
In spread of MERS, a mutation is most feared
The virus can become a variant during its latent period in a host.” Kim added that the claim that MERS has a low infection rate lacks scientific ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jun 15»

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