Inertion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inertion \In*er"tion\, n.
     Lack of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [R.]
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           These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the
           arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent


           fever.                                   --E. Darwin.
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