英语词汇“latent period”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

latent period

noun

1 Medicine The period between infection with a virus or other microorganism and the onset of symptoms, or between exposure to radiation and the appearance of a cancer.It is generally assumed that episodes of brain cancer that appear after latent periods of less than 10 years are merely coincidental associations, not sentinel indicators of causation....

As with tobacco, there will be a latent period between the onset of smoking and the development of lung damage, cardiovascular disease, or malignant change.
There is a long latent period of 20-40 years between exposure and disease expression.

2 Physiology The delay between the receipt of a stimulus by a sensory nerve and the response to it.

单词	latent period
释义	latent period noun 1 Medicine The period between infection with a virus or other microorganism and the onset of symptoms, or between exposure to radiation and the appearance of a cancer.It is generally assumed that episodes of brain cancer that appear after latent periods of less than 10 years are merely coincidental associations, not sentinel indicators of causation.... As with tobacco, there will be a latent period between the onset of smoking and the development of lung damage, cardiovascular disease, or malignant change. There is a long latent period of 20-40 years between exposure and disease expression. 2 Physiology The delay between the receipt of a stimulus by a sensory nerve and the response to it.
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