diœstrus

A form of dioestrus — A period of sexual inactivity (in female mammals) between periods of oestrus.

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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of dioestrus.

    In all the females studied, whether in diœstrus or in natural or stilbœstrol‐induced œstrus, DOCA reduced the vascular sensitivity to the pressor action of vasopressin.

    1962, Quarterly journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences, page 341
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