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Definition of Estrous

1. Adjective. (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat. "The estrous cycle"

Definition of Estrous

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus ¹

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Definition of Estrous

1. pertaining to estrus [adj] - See also: estrus

Medical Definition of Estrous

1. Pertaining to estrus. Synonym: estrual. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Estrous

Literary usage of Estrous

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)
"Pineal Melatonin Content throughout the Hamster estrous Cycle (40649)' MD ROLLAG, HJ CHEN, BN FERGUSON, AND RJ REITER niversity of Texas Health Science ..."

2. The Dog: Bibliography January 1985-January 1994 by Cynthia P. Smith (1995)
"Analysis of variance showed that the degree of variation of the estrous cycle length within bitches (65%) was about twice the degree of variation of means ..."

3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Dogs generally have an estrous cycle every ... Andersen and Simpson (1973) have reported that the mean interval between estrous cycles is approximately 241 ..."

4. BST edited by Jean A. Larson (1995)
"estrous behavior was monitored for the following 60 h with a surveillance ... Heifers that received BST started to display estrous behavior later (24.5 + ..."

5. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"The mean (+/- SEM) estrous cycle length after repeated follicle puncture was 22.2 +/- 0.3 days. The mean total number of punctured follicles per estrous ..."

6. A Text-book on the practice of gynecology by William Easterly Ashton (1916)
"Marshall and Jolly have injected extracts, made from pre-estrous or estrous ovaries, into a bitch between estrous periods and produced a short manifestation ..."

7. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"The rat's estrous cycle and treatment with estrogen affect the release of the ... Findings on Cocaine Use and the estrous Cycle • If the animal was allowed ..."

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