BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basal body temperature method mean? 

• BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD (noun)
  The noun BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD (noun)

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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

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

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

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)