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diestrum \diestrum\ n.
same as {diestrus}.
Syn: diestrus. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
diestrum
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diestrum — noun (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity • Syn: ↑diestrus • Derivationally related forms: ↑diestrual, ↑diestrual (for: ↑diestrus) … Useful english dictionary
diestrum — noun The interval between two periods of estrus Syn: diestrus … Wiktionary
diestrum — di·es·trum (di esґtrəm) diestrus … Medical dictionary
diestrum — di·estrum … English syllables
diestrus — noun (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity • Syn: ↑diestrum • Derivationally related forms: ↑diestrual (for: ↑diestrum), ↑diestrual … Useful english dictionary
diestrus — n. a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity; of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season. Syn: diestrum. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diestrus — A period of sexual quiescence intervening between two periods of estrus. [G. dia, between, + oistros, desire] * * * di·es·trus ( )dī es trəs also di·es·trum trəm or chiefly Brit di·oes·trus also di·oes·trum ēs n a period of sexual quiescence that … Medical dictionary
dioestrous — dioestrous, dioestrual, dioestrum, dioestrus chiefly Brit var of DIESTROUS, DIESTRUAL, DIESTRUM, DIESTRUS … Medical dictionary
anestrum — noun applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus • Syn: ↑anestrus, ↑anoestrus, ↑anoestrum • Ant: ↑estrus (for: ↑anestrus) • … Useful english dictionary
anestrus — noun applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus • Syn: ↑anestrum, ↑anoestrus, ↑anoestrum • Ant: ↑estrus • Derivationally related forms: ↑anestric ( … Useful english dictionary
