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diœstrus

diœstrus is the archaic form of dioestrus.

Meaning of dioestrus

Noun

dioestrus (uncountable)

  1. A period of sexual inactivity (in female mammals) between periods of oestrus.
    Synonyms:
    out of heat

Questions about diœstrus

What is diœstrus the archaic form of?
Diœstrus is the archaic form of dioestrus.

Words near diœstrus in the dictionary

  1. diëts
  2. diœcesan
  3. diœcese
  4. diœceses
  5. diœcious
  6. diœstrus
  7. DJ
  8. DJ copies
  9. DJ copy
  10. Djabriyya
  11. Djabugay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diœstrus (page history and authors); dioestrus (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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