Latent stage Health Dictionary

Estimate of the extent of spread of a cancer; usually expressed in as a number, often with subdivisions. The prognosis of a particular cancer varies with the staging.... stage

The time between initiation of infection and the first shedding of the agent.... latent period

The condition of female mosquitoes during blood ingestion, ovarian development, leading to oviposition.... gonotrophic stage

(ESRF, CKD 5) the most advanced stage of kidney failure, which is reached when the *glomerular filtration rate (GFR) falls to 15 ml/min (normal GFR = 100 ml/min).... end-stage renal failure