LATENCY PERIOD


Meaning of LATENCY PERIOD in English

1. Psychoanal. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.

2. Pathol. See latent period (def. 1).

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .