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proestrous

proestrous adjective: leading to estrus.

Adjective

proestrous (not comparable)

  1. Leading to estrus.
    • It has been shown that male dogs get sexually excited on perceiving the urine and vaginal discharge of females in heat [71 ], and they also sniff and lick the anogenital regions of females in the proestrous stage [72 ].2015 December 3, “When Love Is in the Air: Understanding Why Dogs Tend to Mate when It Rains”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of proestrous

From pro- + estrous.

Questions about proestrous

What does proestrous mean?
Proestrous means leading to estrus.
What part of speech is proestrous?
Proestrous is an adjective.

Words near proestrous in the dictionary

  1. proerythrocyte
  2. proerythrocytes
  3. proerythropoietic
  4. Proesel
  5. Proesels
  6. proestrous
  7. proestrus
  8. proethnic
  9. proethnically
  10. proetid
  11. proetids

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