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latexes

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noun

Say it like: Lat-exe-s

The correct spelling is latexes. A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)

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  1. 1.A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)
  2. 2.The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
  3. 3.An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
  4. 4.Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

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