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diestrum

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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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