quiescent C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /kwaɪˈɛsənt/ See IPA manual Freq #237337 Meanings 1 adj causing no pathological symptoms The doctor was happy to inform me that my tumor was quiescent. 2 adj being quiet, still or inactive The villagers were happy the nearby volcano was quiescent. 3 adj marked by a state of tranquil repose The quiescent melancholy of the towns in rural New England is palpable. 4 adj Inactive, quiet, at rest. The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave. Thesaurus Synonyms 4 adj · inactive, quiet, at rest. abeyantat restcalmcessantcollectedcomposedcool-headeddormant Word family Derived forms angioquiescentimmunoquiescentnonquiescentquiescencequiescentlyquiescinsemiquiescentunquiescent Related forms acquiescentquiesce Common collocations quiescent level Adjective + noun Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem. Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quiescent **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /kwaɪˈɛsənt/ **Frequency rank:** 237337 ## Meanings 1. causing no pathological symptoms 2. being quiet, still or inactive 3. marked by a state of tranquil repose 4. Inactive, quiet, at rest. ## Examples - The doctor was happy to inform me that my tumor was quiescent. - The villagers were happy the nearby volcano was quiescent. - The quiescent melancholy of the towns in rural New England is palpable. - The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave. ## Synonyms - abeyant - at rest - calm - cessant - collected - composed - cool-headed - dormant ## Derived Forms - angioquiescent - immunoquiescent - nonquiescent - quiescence - quiescently - quiescin - semiquiescent - unquiescent ## Related Forms - acquiescent - quiesce ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown