Plural form of diestrum; multiple periods of sexual receptivity or reproductive intervals.
Plural of 'diestrum' formed by adding -s. From Latin pattern of scientific terminology.
When biologists study multiple diestrums across a population, they can predict breeding patterns and population growth with remarkable accuracy.
Plural of diestrum; inherits same historical context as singular form regarding male-dominated origins of reproductive physiology terminology.
Use in scientific context with acknowledgment of historical skew in how female reproductive biology was originally studied and described.
Women scientists have been essential in reframing reproductive physiology from a biology-centered rather than pathology-centered perspective.
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