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ESTRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does estrus mean?
• ESTRUS (noun)
The noun ESTRUS has 1 sense:
1. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Familiarity information: ESTRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("estrus" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Antonym:
anestrus (applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus)
Derivation:
estrous ((of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat)
Context examples
A progestogen-like compound used as a cattle feed additive for its growth promoting effects and suppression of estrus (heat) in heifers.
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