quiescence

American  

[kwee-es-uhns, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs əns, kwaɪ- /

Rarely quiescency

noun

1. quietness or stillness; inactivity or dormancy.

   After a year of apparent quiescence, the region’s cities have once again erupted into street demonstrations.

2. Biology, the state of producing no symptoms; remission, as of a disease, tumor, or other disorder.

   Periodontal disease may be characterized by episodes of activity followed by periods of relative quiescence.

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Etymology

Origin of quiescence

First recorded in 1620–30; from Late Latin quiescentia “rest,” from Latin quiescent-, stem of quiescēns ( quiescent ( def. ) ) + -ia ( def. )

Example Sentences

"One fact is conclusive proof of the quiescence of the middle class - that hardly any officials resigned in protest against the Emergency," writes historian Ramachandra Guha in his book India After Gandhi.

From BBC

In their new technique, however, the researchers found the signatures of autofluorescence can be used to study stem cells' dormant state, known as quiescence.

From Science Daily

Watching these videos is my surest path to calm and quiescence.

From New York Times

A light pulse could rouse them, but after about 20 minutes of quiescence, the animals responded slowly to such pulses, much like a groggy napper.

From Scientific American

The old order has survived and the revolutionaries were either driven into exile, fell into apathy or quiescence.

From BBC