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CALENDAR METHOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calendar method mean?
• CALENDAR METHOD (noun)
The noun CALENDAR METHOD has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: CALENDAR METHOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm; rhythm method; rhythm method of birth control
Hypernyms ("calendar 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)
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