Lag phase

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Food Biotechnology

The initial growth phase, during which cell number remains relatively constant prior to rapid growth. See growth phase.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

1. The state of apparent inactivity preceding a response to a treatment; also called a latent phase. 2. The initial growth phase, during which cell number remains relatively constant, prior to the onset of rapid cell division.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture