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diestrus
DEFINITIONS OF:
diestrus
1
n
(of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
Synonyms:
diestrum
Type of:
anestrum
,
anestrus
,
anoestrum
,
anoestrus
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
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