anestrum

Questions about anestrum

What does anestrum mean?

anestrum means "applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus".

How many syllables are in anestrum?

anestrum has 3 syllables and divides as a-ne-strum under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anestrum?

Close synonyms include anestrus, anoestrus, anoestrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anestrum a common word?

anestrum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.