Definition of Oestrum

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of estrum) ¹

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Definition of Oestrum

1. estrum [n -S] - See also: estrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestrum

oestrogen antagonist
oestrogen receptor
oestrogen replacement therapy
oestrogenic
oestrogenic hormone
oestrogenism
oestrone
oestrones
oestrosis
oestrous
oestruate
oestruates
oestrum (current term)
oestrums
oestruses
oesypum
oeuvre
oeuvres
of
of a
of a certain age
of a kind
of a piece
of a sudden
of a surety
of age

Literary usage of Oestrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1848)
"oestrum AURANTIACUM. ... The greater part of the species of oestrum are stove plants ; but the present subject, ..."

2. The Breeding of Animals by Frederick Blackmar Mumford (1917)
"The recurrence of the oestrum after delivery of the young is often influenced by the character of the ration. At the Wisconsin B Experiment Station, Hart, ..."

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