anestrus
anestrus · anestri
анэструс
Anöstrus
In female placental mammals—excluding humans and great apes—a phase of the estrous…In female placental mammals—excluding humans and great apes—a phase of the estrous cycle during which the sexual cycle rests.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)In female placental mammals—excluding humans and great apes—a phase of the estrous cycle during which the sexual cycle rests.
Anöstrus
анэ́струсanɛ́strus
More definitions
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
period of pause during the sexual cycle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
period of pause during the sexual cycle:
Forms
plural: anestriSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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