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Noun: dioestrus  dI'e-strus [N. Amer], dI'ee-strus [Brit]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: diestrus)
  1. (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
    - diestrus [N. Amer], diestrum

Derived forms: dioestruses

Type of: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus

Encyclopedia: Dioestrus

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