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quiescent [3 records]

Record 1 2012-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Qualifie l'état d'un organe ou d'un organisme en quiescence [au repos].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
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Record 2 2012-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

For all malignancies, not just those that are virally induced, a clearer understanding is needed of the switch during malignancy from a quiescent, dormant state to an active, progressing disease.

CONT

... tuberculosis can be a quiescent (inactive) infection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Toute personne qui a eu un jour la varicelle peut conserver le virus, à l’état quiescent (dormant), dans un ganglion. Lorsqu’il se réveille, il provoque un zona.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 3 2002-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

At rest: e.g. a circuit when no input signal is being applied, a system waiting to be used

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

En repos, relatif à un processus temporairement arrêté dans son développement.

CONT

état quiescent, mécanisme quiescent

OBS

Terme emprunté, avec son dérivé nominal "quiescence", à la biologie et à la physique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

[Dícese del] estado de inactividad en un circuito o sistema.

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