NAEGELE'S RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Naegele's rule mean? 

• NAEGELE'S RULE (noun)
  The noun NAEGELE'S RULE has 1 sense:

1. rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date

  Familiarity information: NAEGELE'S RULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAEGELE'S RULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Naegele's rule" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)