dormant: význam a definice

Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.

Latent but capable of being activated: "a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing” ( Charles Jackson).

Temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. See Synonyms at inactive, latent.

In a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.