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represses sexual urges and prefers to associate with members of the same sex. It is preceded by the phallic stage and followed by the genital stage.</div><div class=ds-list><b> 2. </b> A latent period.</div></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.</div></section><section data-src=hc_dict><h2>latency period</h2><div><i> n </i><div class=ds-list>(Psychoanalysis) <i> psychoanal </i> a period according to Freud, from the age of about five to puberty, when sexual interest is diminished</div></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014</div></section><section data-src=rHouse><h2>la′tency pe`riod</h2><br><i> n. </i><div class=ds-list><b> 1. </b> the stage of personality development, from about five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.</div><div class=ds-list><b> 2. </b><a href=latent+period> latent period (def. 1). </a></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. 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High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims </a></div></div><div class=lit>However, the judge ultimately concluded that GE did not fall within the category of defendants protected by the statute, questioning whether the Legislature intended 2B to bar claims like asbestos actions that are known to involve a disease with a <span class=highlight> latency period </span> of 20 years or more. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SJC+bars+latent+asbestos+suits+against+builders-a0578132600> SJC bars latent asbestos suits against builders </a></div></div><div class=lit>Many studies were performed about the clinical importance of P300, and <span class=highlight> latency period </span> was correlated mostly with high cognitive functions, whereas amplitudes were informative about memory and attention [11, 12]. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electrode+Designs+for+Protection+of+the+Delicate+Cochlear+Structures-a0571023750> 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