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calendar method of birth control — noun 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) • Syn: ↑rhythm method of birth control, ↑rhythm… … Useful english dictionary
rhythm method — noun 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) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑rhythm method of birth control,… … Useful english dictionary
rhythm method — rhythm .method n [singular] a method of ↑birth control which depends on having sex only at a time when the woman is not likely to become ↑pregnant … Dictionary of contemporary English
rhythm method — rhythm ,method noun uncount a method of BIRTH CONTROL that involves a man and a woman not having sex during the time of the month when the woman is likely to become pregnant … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rhythm method — rhythm′ meth od n. pha a method of birth control by abstaining from sexual intercourse when ovulation is most likely to occur • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
Birth control — For other uses, see Birth control (disambiguation). Birth control is an umbrella term for several techniques and methods used to prevent fertilization or to interrupt pregnancy at various stages. Birth control techniques and methods include… … Wikipedia
birth control — regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Cf. family planning (def. 1). [1914, Amer.] * * * Voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as contraception, sexual abstinence … Universalium
Rhythm method — Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and periodic abstinence, this approach to contraception entails not having sexual intercourse on the days of a woman s menstrual cycle when she could become pregnant or using a barrier… … Medical dictionary
rhythm method — noun Date: 1940 a method of birth control involving abstinence during the period in which ovulation is most likely to occur … New Collegiate Dictionary
rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur. Cf. safe period. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
