LATERITIC
Lat`er*it"ic, a.
Defn: Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.
LATERITIOUS
Lat"er*i"tious, a. Etym: [L.lateritius, fr. later a brick.]
Defn: Like bricks; of the color of red bricks. Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.
LATES
La"tes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates
Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer
LATESCENCE
La*tes"cence, n.
Defn: A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton.
LATESCENT La*tes"cent, a. Etym: [L. latescens, -entis, p. pr. of latescere to be concealed, fr. latere to be hid.]
Defn: Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning. Sir W. Hamilton.