Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: anestrus
  1. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
    - anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum

Derived forms: anestruses

Type of: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

Encyclopedia: Anestrus