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dioestrus

Noun CEFR B2
daɪˈiːstɹəs

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of dioestrus.
    alt-of, archaic
  2. A period of sexual inactivity (in female mammals) between periods of oestrus.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Françaisdiœstrus

Examples

“In all the females studied, whether in diœstrus or in natural or stilbœstrol‐induced œstrus, DOCA reduced the vascular sensitivity to the pressor action of vasopressin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Diogenes Diogenes crab Diogenes syndrome diogenid diogenite Dioguardi

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