latent period (latency)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.LT06829
  1. (in medicinal chemistry) Delay between @ET06811@ to a harmful substance and the manifestations of a disease or other @AT06809@.
  2. Period from disease @I03042@ to disease detection.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1033. (Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 1055 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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