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diestrus

DEFINITIONS OF: diestrus

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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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