dormancy
pronunciation
How to pronounce dormancy in British English:
UK ['dɔ:mənsɪ]
How to pronounce dormancy in American English:
US ['dɔmənsɪ]
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- Noun:
- a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- quiet and inactive restfulness
Word Origin
- dormancy (n.)
- 1723; see dormant + -cy. Middle English had dormitation "sleep, sleeping" (mid-15c.)
Example
- 1. Brumation is an example of dormancy in reptiles that is similar to hibernation .
- 2. Take thierry mugler : after seven years of dormancy , its women 's line has recently been resurrected .
- 3. It blooms at the end of the rainy season , when many other trees are lapsing into dormancy and no longer making fruit .
- 4. One of the causes of viral dormancy is that the t-cell the virus resides in is itself in a resting state .
- 5. But many workers in the field think t-cell dormancy a more significant cause of relapse than hiv in such reservoir tissues .