Definition of ESTRUS. : a regularly recurrent state of sexual excitability during which the female of most mammals will accept the male and is capable of conceiving: heat; also: a single occurrence of this state. See estrus defined for kids.
1. (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless. 2. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive. Familiarity information: SNAKE OIL used as a noun is rare. Dictionary entry details.
Crude oil, or petroleum, and its refined components, collectively termed petrochemicals, are crucial resources in the modern economy. Crude oil originates from ancient fossilized organic materials, such as zooplankton and algae, which geochemical processes convert into oil. The name mineral oil is a misnomer, in that minerals are not the source of the oilâancient plants and animals are.