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Definition of Oestrous
1. estrous [adj] - See also: estrous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestrous
Literary usage of Oestrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Internal Secretion and the Ductless Glands by Swale Vincent (1912)
"to test the theory that the oestrous cycle is determined by an internal secretion
... We made extracts from ovaries in a pro-oestrous or oestrous condition, ..."
2. The Development of the Human Body: A Manual of Human Embryology by James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"... and corresponding essentially to menstruation. ln the majority of species one
or more oestrous periods occur during the year in fertile females, ..."
3. The Vitamins by Henry Clapp Sherman, Sybil Laura Smith (1922)
"Studies on the oestrous cycles of such rats show that they may suffer from an
invariable and continuous abnormality or disfunction of the ovaries. ..."
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