( ( ( Virus latency ) ( -LRB- ( or ( ( viral latency ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ( ( is ( ( the ability ) ( of ( a ( pathogenic ( virus ( to ( lie ( ( dormant ( -LRB- ( latent -RRB- ) ) ) ( within ( ( ( a cell ) , ) ( denoted ( as ( ( the ( lysogenic part ) ) ( of ( the ( viral ( life cycle ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Virus) (NN latency)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (CC or) (ADJP (JJ viral) (RB latency)) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN ability)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (JJ pathogenic) (NN virus) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB lie) (NP (NP (JJ dormant) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NN latent) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (PP (IN within) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN cell)) (, ,) (VP (VBN denoted) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ lysogenic) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ viral) (NN life) (NN cycle)))))))))))))))) (. .)))
Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant (latent) within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN term)) (ADVP (RB latency)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN used) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB describe) (NP (NP (NNS viruses)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP live) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ dormant) (NN state)) (PP (IN inside) (NP (DT the) (NN body)))))))))))))) (. .)))