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diapause

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Pronunciation: dī′ă-pawz
A period of biologic quiescence or dormancy with decreased metabolism; an interval in which development is arrested or greatly slowed.

[dia- + G. pausis, pause]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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