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   dormancy

   /ˈdɔːmənsi/

   noun

   • 1. the state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep: "the insects are able to enter prolonged states of dormancy, allowing them to resist freezing"
   • ▪ the state in which a plant is alive but not actively growing: "dormancy allows woody plants to survive these unfavourable conditions"
   • ▪ temporary inactivity in a volcano: "some large volcanoes spend thousands of years in a state of dormancy"
   • ▪ the state in which a disease causes no symptoms but is not cured and is liable to recur: "various animal models have been used to study the dormancy of tuberculosis in humans"
   • 2. the state of being temporarily inactive or inoperative: "his prolonged dormancy ended with the publication of Collected Poems"

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