Meaning & use
Latex
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A milky fluid produced by certain plants, especially the rubber tree, used to make rubber and other elastic materials; also a synthetic version used in paints, gloves, and adhesives.
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Workers tapped the rubber trees to collect latex for processing into raw rubber.
The nurse put on a pair of latex gloves before examining the patient.
A note on using this word
Because natural latex can trigger allergic reactions in some people, many medical and food-service gloves are now made from nitrile or vinyl instead.
Words with a similar meaning
rubber sapelastomer
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