latency period

常见例句

Arsenicosis has a latency period as long as 20 years, and over the next decade, even as more wells are installed, more cases are diagnosed.
砷元素在人们体内潜伏了长达20年，在整整下个十年内，水井打的越多，这确诊的便越多。
Anti-epileptic peptide makes the latency period of the epilepsy caused by cephalosporin shorter than the contrast group, the extent lighter, and the continual period shorter.
抗癫痫肽使头孢菌素引起癫痫的潜伏期比对照组长，发作程度减轻，平均总持续时间缩短。
It is an unexpected finding considering that for most cancers, the latency period -- the time between exposure to a carcinogen and expression of disease -- tends to span decades.
考虑到大部份癌症到发病还有段潜伏期---即从暴露致癌物质到发展成疾病这段时间—而这个潜伏期很容易延续数十年，所以这个发现还是令人颇感意外。

And finally, just as in the asbestos cases, there is a long latency period for realizing damages.
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Asbestos-related problems have a long latency period, while treatment has become more expensive.
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The latency period between radiation exposure and the onset of cancer has been documented to be as long as several decades.
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