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diestrum

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di·es·trus  (d-strs) also di·es·trum (-trm)
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·estrous adj.
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Noun1.diestrum - (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
diestrus
anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
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