diestrum
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di·es·trus
(dī-ĕs′trəs) also di·es·trum (-trəm)n.
In most female mammals, a short period of sexual quiescence between two estrus periods, during which the uterus is prepared for a fertilized ovum.
di·es′trous adj.
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Noun | 1. | diestrum - (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity |
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