anestrus
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus • Syn: anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum • Ant: estrus • Derivationally related forms: anestric (for: anoestrus), anestric • Hypernyms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition • Hyponyms: diestrus, diestrum
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