estrous cycle

estrous cycle
estrous cycle n the correlated phenomena of the endocrine and generative systems of a female mammal from the beginning of one period of estrus to the beginning of the next called also estral cycle, estrus cycle

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the type of sexual cycle seen in most adult female mammals, with recurring periods that include estrus and the correlated changes in the reproductive tract from one period to the next. The stages are proestrus, estrus, metestrus, and diestrus (the latter sometimes including anestrus of varying lengths of time). Cf. ovarian c. and menstrual c.

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