condition of malaria parasite dormancy Dormancy is a state in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity is temporarily suspended. Specifically, the stages of Plasmodium called hypnozoites, which lead to the relapse of malaria caused by P. ovale or P. vivax. In a wider sense it also includes the cases in which Plasmodium parasites cause recridescence of malaria. IDOMAL:0000363 IDOMAL:0000363 Is a period a process? idomal_namespace