natural family planning
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1. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | birth control, birth prevention, family planning, |
| definition | : | limiting the number of children born (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | basal body temperature method, basal body temperature method of family planning, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ovulation method, ovulation method of family planning, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | calendar method, calendar method of birth control, rhythm, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control, |
| definition | : | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) (noun.act) |
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