pro-oestrous
/prəʊˈiːstrəs/ /prəʊˈɛstrəs/(also proestrous) Biology
adjective
That precedes oestrus; of, relating to, or in the phase of pro-oestrus.
Origin
Early 20th century. From pro- + oestrous. Compare pro-oestrum, and slightly later pro-oestrus.
- rubredoxin
- rubrene
- rub resistance
- rub-resistant
- rubric
- rubrical
- rubricality
- rubrically
- rubricate
- rubrication
- rubricator
- rubrician
- rubricism
- rubricist
- rubricize
- rubricked
- rubrification
- rubriform
- rubrify
- rubrish
- rubrisher
- rub salt into the (or someone's) wound
- rub shoulders (or elbows)
- rub shoulders with
- rub someone (or rub someone up) the wrong way