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Definition of Diestrous
1. Adjective. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity.
Similar to: Anestrous
Derivative terms: Diestrum, Diestrus
Definition of Diestrous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Diestrous
1. Pertaining to diestrus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diestrous
Literary usage of Diestrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... the extent of complete hypothalamic deafferentation in rats subsequently
showing constant estrous or constant diestrous vaginal smear patterns. ..."
2. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"... or diestrous groups (fig- well trained in advance on this test, ure 1).
These data demonstrate that which is a predictable and reliable female rats in ..."
3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"... diestrous days (in both Sprague-Dawley and Long-Evans hooded rats). At higher
doses, the female's ovaries were atrophied and gonadotropin levels were ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... of return to the diestrous condition, which latter is the period of relative
quiescence). Periodic degenerative changes in the oviduct parallel those in ..."
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