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anœstrus

anœstrus is the obsolete form of anestrus.

Meaning of anestrus

Noun

anestrus (countable and uncountable, plural anestri)

  1. In female placental mammals—excluding humans and great apes—a phase of the estrous cycle during which the sexual cycle rests.
    • Duration of postpartum anestrus is the period from calving to the first estrus. This anestrus period is recognized as being a major factor in controlling the proportion of cows conceiving each breeding season (Wiltbank et al., 1961).1993, R. E. Larsen, S. C. Denham, J. F. Boucher, E. L. Adams, Chapter 13: Breeding Season Length Versus Calving Percentage in Beef Cattle Herds, Michael J. Fields, Robert S. Sand (editors), Factors...
    Synonyms:
    anaestrum, anœstrum, anestrum, anestrous phase

Origin of anœstrus

From an- + œstrus.

Questions about anœstrus

What is anœstrus the obsolete form of?
Anœstrus is the obsolete form of anestrus.

Words near anœstrus in the dictionary

  1. Aného
  2. anāgāmi
  3. anāgāmis
  4. Anāl
  5. Anāls
  6. anœstrus
  7. ao
  8. ao dai
  9. ao dais
  10. AO3
  11. AOA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anœstrus (page history and authors); anestrus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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