dauer

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dauer (duration).

Noun

dauer (plural dauers)

  1. (nematology) A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability.
    • 2008 December 3, Patrick Narbonne, Richard Roy, “Caenorhabditis elegans dauers need LKB1/AMPK to ration lipid reserves and ensure long-term survival”, in Nature:
      When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing.

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German

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

Verb

dauer

  1. inflection of dauern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Luxembourgish

Verb

dauer

  1. second-person singular imperative of daueren