Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun basal_body_temperature_method

1 sense of basal body temperature method

Sense 1
basal body temperature method of family planning, basal body temperature method -- (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)
       => 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)