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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)play

  Familiarity information: CALENDAR METHOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALENDAR METHOD (noun)


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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