BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD

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Meaning:

Natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation

Synonyms:

basal body temperature method; basal body temperature method of family planning

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("basal body temperature method" is a kind of...):

natural family planning (any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle)

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