anestrus

Noun

Meaning

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus

Source: WordNet

anoestrus anoestrum anestrum diestrus diestrum dioestrus

estrus heat rut oestrus heat up

diestrus diestrum

estrus diestrus metestrus proestrus

unassert

The uterus becomes flaccid during anestrus. Source: Internet

Female mice housed together tend to go into anestrus and do not cycle. Source: Internet

anestric anestrous anestrum anet Aneta Aneth