Up to 50% of all defects can be latent.
It's leading that way, as more and more of the townsfolk turn out to be latent satanists.
Faith may even be latent in some of science's triumphs, inspiring such figures as Newton and Kepler.
The viroid may also be latent in some pear cultivars without causing a disease.
Disease, which can be defined at the simplest level as any deviation from normal form and function, may either be associated with illness or be latent.
Llarena cast doubt on whether the former Catalan government had abandoned its independence drive, saying it appeared to be "latent and awaiting reactivation".
In many people, TB can be latent, meaning that their immune systems keep the infection in check so they are not sick or contagious.
What we presumed to be latent tuberculosis from a past exposure was treated with the appropriate medication, and he was released.
But what is perhaps more deeply evil and unforgiveable in these ads is their use of visual cues to trigger feelings of racial revulsion assumed to be latent a certain segment of the white electorate.
Kevin Denham, of CEFAS's fish health laboratory, in Weymouth, Dorset, has recently alerted vets to look out for evidence of KHV, which may often be latent and not obvious.
Infections with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) can be latent for years without affecting the animal, but the animal may become infectious or clinical at some point.
