Latency Period

Definition: Latency Period

Latency Period

Noun

1. (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities.

Domain	Definitions
Environment	The period of time that must elapse between the last pesticide treatment and the harvesting of the crop. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Latency Period

Synonyms: latency phase (n), latency stage (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Latency Period

Specialty definitions using "latency period": Pipe-line. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	For God's sake, Alvy, even Freud speaks of a latency period. (Annie Hall; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)
Movie/TV Titles	Dr. Selikoff Talks About the Latency Period (1978)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A 50% reduction in development of tumors was observed in genistein-exposed rats, and there was a longer latency period for tumor development. (references)
		These findings indicate a strong role for an environmental factor in the cause of MS. It is possible that, at the time of or immediately following puberty, patients acquire an infection with a long latency period. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "latency period": Latency Period (Psychology). Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "latency period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		veiligheidstermijn. (various references)

Finnish		itämisaika (incubation period, time of germination). (various references)

French		temps de latence (lag, lag-time, latency), délai maximal d'apparition de l'affection. (various references)

German		Latenzzeit (latency, latent period, waiting time), Inkubationszeit (incubation period). (various references)

Italian		tempo di carenza, intervallo di sicurezza. (various references)

Pig Latin		atencylay eriodpay

Swedish		latenstid (latent period). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: deceptional, deprecation, interplayed, reconditely.
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