Definition of "latex"

(medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)

The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.  examples

An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.  examples

(uncountable) Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.  examples