di·a·pause 
(dīə-pôz′)
(dīə-pôz′)n.
Zoology
Zoology
A period during which growth or development is suspended and physiological activity is diminished, as in certain insects in response to adverse environmental conditions.
[Greek diapausis, pause, from diapauein, to pause : dia-, between; see DIA- + pauein, to stop.]
- antiseptically
- antiserum
- antiskate
- antiskating
- antismog
- antismoking
- antisocial
- antisocially
- antisocial personality disorder
- antispasmodic
- antistat
- antistatic
- Antisthenes
- antistrophe
- antistrophic
- antistrophically
- antisubmarine
- anti-sway bar
- antitakeover
- antitank
- antiterrorism
- antiterrorist
- antitheft
- antithesis
- antithetic