1) Aestivation 2) Dormancy 3) Estivation 4) Latency 5) Lateny 6) Permanence 7) Quiescency 8) Vegetative 9) Vegetive 1) Catalepsy 2) Dormancy 3) Fixity 4) Immobility 5) Inaction 6) Inactiveness 7) Inactivity 8) Indisturbance 9) Quiescency 10) Quietism 11) Rest 12) Stagnancy 13) Stagnation 14) Stillness 
That period of the prepenetration stage during which a pathogen may be inactive because environmental conditions are unfavorable for its growth. 
• (n.) Alt. of Quiescency
Quietness. In cells, the state of not dividing, in neurons, the state of not firing. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... That period of the preparation stage during which a pathogen may be inactive because environmental conditions are unfavourable for its growth.Quietness. In cells, the state of not dividing; in neurons, the state of not firing.
the state of being quiet or at rest (being still). Static. 
state of being passive/motionless 
Quiescence: Inactivity, quietness. In cells, quiescence is the state of not dividing. In neurons (nerve cells), quiescence is the state of not firing. The word comes from the Latin 'quiescere', to become quiet. Quiescence suggests a temporary cessation of activity.
[n] - quiet and inactive restfulness
quiescency noun quiet and inactive restfulness