metoestrousmetestrousadj.
/mᵻˈtiːstrəs/, /mᵻˈtɛstrəs/, U.S. /məˈtɛstrəs/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or designating metoestrus; in metoestrus.Metœstrus in quot. 1910 could be construed as an attributive use of metoestrus n., although the author elsewhere uses metœstrum for the noun.
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metoestrous1900
post-ovulation1923
lordotic1964
1900 W. Heape in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 44 8 Metœstrum or the Metœstrous Period.
1910 F. H. A. Marshall Physiol. Reprod. ii. 37 In some animals, such as the dog, the metœstr [o] us period is followed by a prolonged period of rest or anœstrum.
1956 Nature 4 Feb. 235/1 These groups were of pro-œstrous, œstrous, metœstrous and diœstrous rats.
1966 Science 151 826/1 Concentrations of epinephrine and norepinephrine in plasma from male, estrous, diestrous, metestrous, and pregnant rats are listed in Table 1.
1975 Jrnl. Endocrinol. 64 37 The progesterone concentrations..exceeded metoestrous values from day 3 of pseudopregnancy onwards.
1980 D. A. Morrow Current Therapy Theriogenol. xi. 973/2 Metestrous leukocytes with compact nuclei appear in the smear at the time of ovulation.
1994 Indian Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 32 91/1 In the metoestrous stage depletion of glycogen and lowered protein concentration were the characteristic features.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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