What's the difference between quiesce and quiesced?
Quiesce
Definition:
(a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells were harvested and cultured from the same two groups of rabbits (SMCNL or SMCATH), quiesced in serum free media (48 h) followed by addition of the test media and 3H-TdR.
(2) The treatment could be carried out easily and proved to be efficient by briefly quiescing the uterus in obstetrical emergencies or starting longterm tocolysis, as started by the authors.
(3) Sensitive cells seem to be unable to quiesce and are only slowed down.
Quiesced
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Quiesce
Example Sentences:
(1) Rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells were harvested and cultured from the same two groups of rabbits (SMCNL or SMCATH), quiesced in serum free media (48 h) followed by addition of the test media and 3H-TdR.
(2) The treatment could be carried out easily and proved to be efficient by briefly quiescing the uterus in obstetrical emergencies or starting longterm tocolysis, as started by the authors.
(3) Sensitive cells seem to be unable to quiesce and are only slowed down.