Usually means: Time between exposure and symptoms.
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  3. latent period: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  1. latent period: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Latent period)

noun:  In epidemiology, particularly in the discussion of infectious disease dynamics (modeling), the latent period (also known as the latency period or the pre-infectious period) is the time interval between when an individual or host is infected by a pathogen and when that individual becomes infectious, i.e. capable of transmitting pathogens to other susceptible individuals.


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