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SAFE PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("safe period" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Holonyms ("safe period" is a part of...):
menstrual cycle (a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation)