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di⋅es⋅trus

  [dahy-es-truhs]
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–noun
(in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
Also, British dioestrus.

Origin:
1940–45; di- 3 + estrus

Related forms:
di⋅es⋅trous, adjective
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di·es·trus   (dī-ěs'trəs)   
n.  In female mammals, a short period of sexual quiescence between two estrus periods, during which the uterus is prepared for a fertilized ovum.

[di(a)- + estrus.]
di·es'trous adj.
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Main Entry: di·es·trus
Pronunciation: (')dI-'es-tr&s
Variants: also di·es·trum /-tr&m/ or chiefly British di·oes·trus also di·oes·trum /-'Es-/
Function: noun
: a period of sexual quiescence that intervenes between twoperiods of estrus —di·es·trous /-tr&s/ also di·es·tru·al /-tr&-w&l/ or chiefly British di·oes·trous also di·oes·tru·al adjective
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diestrus di·es·trus (dī-ěs'trəs) or di·es·trum (-trəm)
n.
The period of sexual quiescence intervening between two periods of estrus.

di·es'trous (-trəs) adj.

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