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anoestrus

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an⋅oes⋅trus

  [an-es-truhs, -ee-struhs]
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–noun
anestrus.

an⋅es⋅trus

  [an-es-truhs]
–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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Main Entry: an·es·trus
Variant: or chiefly British an·oes·trus /-tr&s/
Function: noun
: the period ofsexual 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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