Near-musth: [see also: Musth, stages of; Inter-musth, pre-musth] Poole et al. 1984:259; Rasmussen et al. 1984:354,358; Poole 1987:295) Period immediately before and after full-musth, when testosterone levels may be partially elevated and some--but not all--of the manifestations of full-musth are seen. When shown by young males, it may be called Juvenile-musth. Mahouts call it Hten Musth (N4cGaughey 1 963: 1 05).