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| la·tent [ láyt'nt ] |
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1. hidden: present or existing, but in an underdeveloped or unexpressed form
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2. biology dormant: dormant or undeveloped but able to develop normally under suitable conditions
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3. psychoanalysis present but unexpressed: present in the unconscious but not consciously expressed
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| [Early 17th century. < Latin latent-, present participle of latere "be hidden"] |
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