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    ANESTRUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrusplay

    Synonyms:

    anestrum; anestrus; anoestrum; anoestrus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("anestrum" is a kind of...):

    physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anestrum"):

    diestrum; diestrus ((of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity)

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