| latency |
a QUIESCENT period during a disease process. Clinical latency is an ASYMPTOMATIC period in the early years of HIV infection. The period of latency is characterized in the peripheral blood by stable, slightly depressed CD4 CELL COUNTS and low HIV levels. Research indicates that HIV remains quite active in the LYMPH NODES during this period. Cellular latency is a condition that exists in some cells after HIV has integrated its GENOME into the cell's DNA but has not yet begun to replicate. ...
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| latent |
dormant, temporarily inactive, hidden.
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| latent virus |
A virus present in a cell, yet not causing any detectable effect.
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| lateral |
Away from the midsaggital plane. See Medial.
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| latent heat |
Heat required to change the state of a unit weight of a substance from solid to liquid or from liquid to vapor without change of temperature.
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