oestrus
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oestrus — n. m. BIOL Phase du cycle oestral de la femme et des femelles des mammifères, correspondant à l ovulation et à la période où la fécondation est possible. ⇒OESTRUS, subst. masc. PHYSIOL. [Chez la femme et chez la femelle du mammifère] Phase du… … Encyclopédie Universelle
OEstrus — [OE]s trus, n. [L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. ? gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larv[ae] in the nasal cavities of sheep is {[oe]strus ovis}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Oestrus — Oestrus, die Schafbremse, s. Bremen, S. 376 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
oestrus — género de dípteros éstridos cuyas largas infestan a veces el hombre prodiciendo miiasis Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 … Diccionario médico
oestrus — (n.) see ESTRUS (Cf. estrus) … Etymology dictionary
oestrus — (US estrus) ► NOUN ▪ a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals. DERIVATIVES oestrous adjective. ORIGIN Greek oistros gadfly or frenzy … English terms dictionary
oestrus — [ē′strəs, es′trəs] n. Brit. var. of ESTRUS … English World dictionary
oestrus — [17] Greek oistros had an extraordinarily wide range of meanings, from ‘madness, frenzy’ through ‘sting’ to ‘gadfly’, and including also ‘breeze’. If, as has been suggested, it is related to Latin īra ‘anger’ (source of English ire [13]),… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
oestrus — [17] Greek oistros had an extraordinarily wide range of meanings, from ‘madness, frenzy’ through ‘sting’ to ‘gadfly’, and including also ‘breeze’. If, as has been suggested, it is related to Latin īra ‘anger’ (source of English ire [13]),… … Word origins
Oestrus — ruja statusas T sritis gyvūnų raida, augimas, ontogenezė, embriologija atitikmenys: lot. Estrus; Oestrus ryšiai: platesnis terminas – rujos ciklas … Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai
