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di·es·trus

 (dī-ĕs′trəs) also di·es·trum (-trəm)
n.
In most 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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diestrus

(daɪˈiːstrəs)
n
(Zoology) the US spelling of dioestrus
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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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Noun1.diestrus - (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
diestrum
anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
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