Usually means: Temporary state of inactivity or dormancy.
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  1. quiescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. quiescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quiescence: Collins English Dictionary
  4. quiescence: Vocabulary.com
  5. quiescence: Wordnik
  6. quiescence: Wiktionary
  7. quiescence: Dictionary.com
  8. Quiescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Quiescence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. quiescence: Rhymezone
  11. Quiescence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. quiescence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. quiescence: FreeDictionary.org
  14. quiescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. quiescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quiescence: Legal dictionary

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  1. quiescence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. quiescence: Medical dictionary
  5. Quiescence: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Quiescence: HYPP Zoology

(Note: See quiescences as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quiescence)

noun:  The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
noun:  Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
noun:  The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
noun:  (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
noun:  (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.

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