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FERTILE PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fertile period mean? 

FERTILE PERIOD (noun)
  The noun FERTILE PERIOD has 1 sense:

1. the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)play

  Familiarity information: FERTILE PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FERTILE PERIOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

fertile period; fertile phase

Hypernyms ("fertile period" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Holonyms ("fertile 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)


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