dioestrus

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dioestrus

(daɪˈiːstrəs) or

diestrus

n
(Zoology) a period of sexual inactivity between periods of oestrus in animals that have several oestrous cycles in one breeding season
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di•es•trus

(daɪˈɛs trəs)

n.
an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
[1940–45; di-3 + estrus]
di•es′trous, adj.
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