the interval between periods of sexual heat in female mammals
Derived forms
diestrous (diˈestrous) (daɪˈɛstrəs)
adjective
Word origin
ModL < dia- + estrus
diestrus in American English
(daiˈestrəs)
noun
(in female mammals)
an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus
Also Britdioestrus
Derived forms
diestrous
adjective
Word origin
[1940–45; di-3 + estrus]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, blockbuster, sealant, snorkel, update
Examples of 'diestrus' in a sentence
diestrus
The animals were hypothyroid in the metaestrus/diestrus phase of the estrous cycle.
C.M. Silva, R. Serakides, T.S. Oliveira, N.M. Ocarino, E.F. Nascimento, V.A. Nunes 2004, 'Histomorfometria e histoquímica dos ovários, tubas e útero de ratas hipotireóideasem metaestro-diestro Histomorphometry and histochemistry of the ovaries, oviduct anduterus in hypothyroid rats in the metaestrus-diestrus', Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352004000500010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tamoxifen diminished uterine weight showing cystic hyperplasia and an estral cycle arrested at diestrus.
Andrea Actis, Maximo Croci, Emanuel Levin, Rosa Bergoc 2002, '8-Chloro-cAMP-Related Changes on Mice Uteri', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.282. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Testing the females in diestrus vs. estrus did not alter the results.
Charles F. Mactutus, Steven B. Harrod, Lauren L. Hord, Landhing M. Moran, RosemarieM. Booze 2011, 'Prenatal IV Cocaine: Alterations in Auditory Information Processing', Frontiers in Psychiatryhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00038/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the diestrus phase, the intermediate cells increased and leukocytes decreased.
Diva Anelie deAraujo Guimarães, Sylvia Cristina Garcia de Garcia, Yvonnick le Pendu,Natália Inagaki de Albuquerque 2011, 'Determinação do ciclo estral em catetos Pecari tajacu: aspectos colpocitológicos eclínicos Determination of the estrous cycle in collared peccary Pecari tajacu: colpocytologicaland clinical aspects', Acta Amazonicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672011000400016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Endometrial biopsies were performed before and after the inoculations during estrus,and ten days later in the diestrus phase.
T.M. Martins, R.L. Santos, T.A. Paixão, J.P.S. Mol, C.S. Muniz, Á.M. Borges 2016, 'Modelo experimental de endometrite em vacas inoculadas com Escherichia coli inativadapor meio de infusão uterina', Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000100247&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Parabasal were the most frequent cell type present, followed by intermediate cells, mainly in the end of metaestrus and diestrus.
Caroline Rocha de Oliveira Lima, Luiz Antônio Franco da Silva, Miguel Joaquim Dias,Gabriela Teixeira Borges, Maria Ivete Moura, Maria Lúcia Gambarini 2008, 'COLPOCITOLOGY AND SERUM CONCENTRATIONS OF PROGESTERONE IN NULIPAROUS GOATS SUBMMITEDTO ARTIFICIAL PHOTOPERIODS COLPOCITOLOGIA E CONCENTRAÇÕES SÉRICAS DE PROGESTERONAEM CABRAS NULÍPARAS SUBMETIDAS AO FOTOPERÍODO ARTIFICIAL', Ciência Animal Brasileirahttp://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/vet/article/view/447. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the incidence increased mostly by obesity, pregnancy, persistent corpus luteum, and diestrus phase in humans and animals.
Kamal Niaz, Faheem Maqbool, Fazlullah Khan, Fatima Ismail Hassan, Saeideh Momtaz,Mohammad Abdollahi 2018, 'Comparative occurrence of diabetes in canine, feline, and few wild animals and theirassociation with pancreatic diseases and ketoacidosis with therapeutic approach',Veterinary Worldhttp://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/April-2018/2.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Gossypol treatment reduced the length of estrous with an increase in the duration of the diestrus phase.
Ivana Cristina Nunes Gadelha, Michelly Fernandes de Macedo, Sílvia Catarina SalgadoOloris, Marilia Martins Melo, Benito Soto-Blanco 2014, 'Gossypol Promotes Degeneration of Ovarian Follicles in Rats', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/986184. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)