Anestrus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anestrus \anestrus\ n.
     A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods
     of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals. [Also spelled
     {anoestrus}.]
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anestrus
       n : applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual
           inactivity between two periods of estrus [syn: {anestrum},
            {anoestrus}, {anoestrum}] [ant: {estrus}]