Latency
Latency , noun
[See Latent.]
1.
The state or quality of being latent.
To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency.
2.
The time between a stimulus the appearance of the response; the time between any causal action and the first appearance of the effect. Called also latent period.
3.
(Medicine) The time between exposure to a carcinogen or other disease-causing agent and the appearance of the consequent disease.