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OVULATION METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery
Synonyms:
ovulation method; ovulation method of family planning
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Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ovulation method of family planning" 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)