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Also sleep. From Latin I sleep, sleep. A biology term that defines the inhibitory situation of some organs or seeds that do not develop their life cycle because of adverse environmental circumstances in terms of temperature, humidity, lighting or others. This situation of vegetative rest awaiting better circumstances occurs, for example, in the spores of fungi and ferns, in the winter lethargy of reptiles or in the hibernation of bears.

  




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It is a physiological state in which a living organism temporarily suspends its development, growth or activity, in order to conserve energy. Lethargy in the activity . Latency, sleep. In the case of animals an example is hibernation. Another example is summering.

  



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