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oestrous

[ es-truhs, ee-struhs ]

adjective

, Zoology.
  1. Chiefly British. a variant of estrous.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oestrous1

First recorded in 1895–1900; oestr(us) + -ous
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Example Sentences

Researchers have justified this bias by claiming that oestrous cycles in female rodents – and menstrual cycles in human women – would potentially corrupt results.

That might put women more into an oestrous state, whereby they are more interested in sexually attractive characteristics.

Sure enough, when a territorial male smelled the oestrous female, he sniffed the source for a long time and then apparently went to track her down.

A third fear, which I do think is justified, is that reviewers might ask scientists to repeat all their studies in every phase of the oestrous cycle.

From Nature

Both when the hormone was withheld and when the cells were silenced, the females lost interest in mating during oestrous, which is when female mice are sexually active.

From BBC

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