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Spanish
Etymology
From quiescente + -encia, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kjesˈθenθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kjeˈsensja/
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: quies‧cen‧cia
Noun
quiescencia f (uncountable)
- quiescence
2015 September 22, “El parásito de la malaria congela su ciclo para eludir los medicamentos”, in El País:Lo que usaban era la técnica de la quiescencia: entraban en una especie de letargo del que solo despertaban una vez había desaparecido el fármaco de su entorno.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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