The phrase "a state of dormancy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition where something is temporarily inactive or not functioning.
Example: "During the winter months, many plants enter a state of dormancy to conserve energy until spring arrives."
Alternatives: "a period of inactivity" or "a phase of rest".
Massagué inferred that those few survivors must lie in a state of dormancy.
The champions of resurrection ecology are bacteria, which spend much of their time in a state of dormancy.
The bud, in effect, passes into a state of dormancy, even though the external conditions for growth are propitious.
Although harness racing nationwide has been in a state of dormancy, if not outright decline, for the last 10 years, the problem is magnified in the metropolitan area.
At the very least, ideas are commonly said to lie dormant, and the use of "sleep" as a general term referring to a state of dormancy is common.
However, dried eggs of Aedes mosquitoes enter a state of dormancy after development is complete and quickly hatch when placed in water.
There is evidence that several mechanisms of dormancy exist, including cellular dormancy, in which DTCs enter a state of quiescence (G0-G1 andestumornd tumassmass dormancy, in which DTCs divide but the lesion does not grow beyond a certain size [ 89].
A delayed recurrence is thought to arise from a state of tumor dormancy, but the mechanisms that govern tumor dormancy remain poorly understood.
Overall, the transcriptome of ga1-3 rga-t2 stronglyresemblessembles that of dormant seeds, suggesting that seeds with stabilised RGL2 are either unable to leave primary dormancy, or that they are entering a state of secondary dormancy upon imbibition.
Here, they were kept on the dry side to put them into a state of partial dormancy.
Worbes (1997) confirmed with dendrochronological methods that the floodplain trees typically reduce wood growth during the aquatic phase and then remain in a state of cambial dormancy.
