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inertion
CIDE DICTIONARY
inertion, n.
Lack of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [1913 Webster]
"These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever."
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ROGET THESAURUS
inertion
Physical Inertness
N physical inertness, inertness, dullness, inertia, vis inertiae, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor, quiescence, latency, inaction, passivity, mental inertness, sloth, inexcitability, irresolution, obstinacy, permanence, rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity, inert, inactive, passive, torpid, sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt, unreactive, lifeless, dead, uninfluential, latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted, inactively, in suspense, in abeyance.
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