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an·es·trus    Audio Help   [an-es-truhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun Zoology.
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
Also, anoestrus.

[Origin: 1925–30; an-1 + estrus]
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an·es·trus    Audio Help   (ān-ěs'trəs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus in female mammals that breed cyclically.

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anestrus

noun
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus [ant: estrus] 

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Main Entry: an·es·trus
Variant: or chiefly British an·oes·trus /-tr&s/
Function: noun
: the period of sexual quiescence between two periods of sexual activity in cyclically breeding mammals —compare ESTRUS

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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