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diestrus

diestrus is the alternative spelling 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 diestrus

What is diestrus the alternative spelling of?
Diestrus is the alternative spelling of dioestrus.

Words near diestrus in the dictionary

  1. diesters
  2. diestock
  3. diestocks
  4. diestrous
  5. diestrum
  6. diestrus
  7. diet
  8. Diet Coke
  9. Diet Cokes
  10. diet cola
  11. diet culture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diestrus (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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