metoestrusmetestrusn.
/mᵻˈtiːstrəs/, /mᵻˈtɛstrəs/, U.S. /məˈtɛstrəs/ Biology.
A short period following oestrus in many mammals, marked by the cessation of sexual behaviour and corresponding to the early period of corpus luteum development.
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1913 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 59 160 Metœstrus... This metœstral period corresponds functionally to the similarly named one in the Eutheria, only..in the unimpregnated Eutherian mammal, metœstrum follows immediately after ovulation.
1923 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 32 340 Follicular phase [of the sexual cycle]: a, proestrus. b, oestrus. c, metoestrus (in certain species where ovulation is separated from oestrus by an interval).
1967 Science 157 956/1 Metestrus, as determined by daily vaginal smears, is characterized by cheezy [sic] clumping of cornified cells.
1975 Histochemistry 45 191 Among veterinary gynecologists there is some controversy over the length of the phases of the cycle in the bitch, in particular as regards the metestrus.
1982 Jrnl. Reprod. & Fertility 64 275 Smaller atretic follicles..were numerous at metoestrus.
1997 Endocrinology 138 1903 The relatively low percentages of gonadotropes may have reflected the low expression of LH or FSH antigens during metestrus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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