Question

"Most household members of people with MDR-TB are likely to acquire latent TB infection, in which the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis lives in the body without making a person sick."

Which reference source would be most useful if you wanted to know the definition of the word "latent" as it is used in this passage?

A) an atlas B) a thesaurus C) a dictionary D) a encyclopedia

Answer 1

Answer: C) a dictionary

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to understand the meaning of the word, the right source to check is a dictionary. An atlas is used to check the geographical position of a certain city or place, a thesaurus comprises lists of synonyms and an encyclopedia has lots of information about certain concepts, facts and theories.