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Definition of Oestrus

1. Noun. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.

2. Noun. Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies.

Definition of Oestrus

1. estrus [n -ES] - See also: estrus

Medical Definition of Oestrus

1. 1. A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis. 2. A vehement desire; especially. The periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut. Origin: L, a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr.Gr. Gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestrus

oestrogens oestrogens oestrogen antagonist oestrogen receptor oestrogen replacement therapy oestrone oestrone oestrones oestrosis oestrous

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Literary usage of Oestrus

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

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"0.</>. d. Clinic, 1903, No. 128). So far as is known, the eggs are deposited in the nasal cavity. [Oestrus ovis frequently occurs in man. MM. ..."

2. Contributions to the Study of the Early Development and Imbedding of the by Thomas Hastie Bryce, John Hammond Teacher, John Martin Munro Kerr (1908)
"This is immediately followed by the "oestrus," or "period of desire," during ... If pregnancy does not occur, oestrus, after a brief space in which desire ..."

3. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"Oestrus ovis, Linn. In Worcestershire this fly has proved very troublesome, a correspondent at Aston Fields and another at Bromsgrove having suffered ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Salt-deficient diets have a definite effect on oestrus. ... The disturbance of oestrus from fat-soluble Vitamin A deficiency is highly characteristic. ..."

5. Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy: Comprising Such Terms in Botany by William Humble (1843)
"The hedgehog and mole are examples. over the wings, called haltères, the use of which is not clearly understood : the oestrus, or gad-fly, the musca, ..."

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