Latex
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈleɪtɛks/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Latex is a noun meaning (medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).
Meaning
(medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).
More Meanings
- The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
- An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
- Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.
Word Forms
- latices
- latexes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rubber, condoms, caoutchouc, polyisoprene, elastomer, gum.
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