Definition of "latex" in Anglais

noun

1. (medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).

2. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

3. An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.

4. Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.