LATENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does latent mean? 

• LATENT (adjective)
  The adjective LATENT has 2 senses:

1. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

2. (pathology) not presently active

  Familiarity information: LATENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

Context example:

latent talent

Similar:

possible; potential (existing in possibility)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(pathology) not presently active

Context example:

latent diabetes

Similar:

inactive ((pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Derivation:

latency (the state of being not yet evident or active)

 Context examples 

A peptide vaccine containing amino acids residues from 340 through 349 of the latent membrane protein-2 (LMP-2) of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(LMP-2:340-349 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Latent membrane protein 1 (386 aa, ~42 kDa) is encoded by the Epstein-Barr virus LMP1 gene.

(Latent Membrane Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful, localized rash caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus residing in nerve cell bodies, with resulting infection of the skin in the region supplied by the affected nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine containing amino acids residues from 419 through 427 of the latent membrane protein-2 (LMP-2) of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(LMP-2:419-427 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

I addressed myself to one of the two warders, who, I suspected from certain latent indications in their faces, knew pretty well what all this stir was worth.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The various distinct periods during the first stage of labor and childbirth; such as a latent, active or a transition phase.

(Phase of Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes latent transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 2 protein, plays a role in microfibril structure and cellular adhesion.

(LTBP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A preparation of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL), specifically reactive to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein-2A (LMP2A), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(LMP2A-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Infection is not accompanied by any apparent illness but serious demyelinating disease can appear later, probably following reactivation of latent virus.

(JC Virus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Algorithm used in statistics for finding maximum likelihood estimates of parameters in probabilistic models, where the model depends on unobserved latent (inferred) variables.

(Expectation Maximization Algorithm, NCI Thesaurus)