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- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάπαυσις“pause, cessation”
- English todaydiapause
From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diapause
Today it means: A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes) Full definition →
Ancient Greek διάπαυσις