quiescent
adjective/kwiˈesnt/
/kwiˈesnt/
- (formal) quiet; not active
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- (medical) (of a disease, etc.) not developing, especially when this is probably only a temporary state synonym dormant
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin quiescent- ‘being still’, from the verb quiescere, from quies ‘quiet’.
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