OVULATION METHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ovulation method mean? 

• OVULATION METHOD (noun)
  The noun OVULATION METHOD has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVULATION METHOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ovulation method; ovulation method of family planning

Hypernyms ("ovulation 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)