HyperDic: diestrum

English > 1 sense of the word diestrum:
NOUNstatediestrum, diestrus(of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
English > diestrum: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning(of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity.
Synonymdiestrus
Broaderanestrus, anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrumapplies to nonhuman mammals
Spanishdiestro, diestrum
Catalandiestrum
Adjectivesdiestrual(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity

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