| 单词 | basal body temperature |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbasal body temperature basal body temperature n. the body's temperature at the lowest point in its natural circadian rhythm, typically measured in humans before rising in the morning; frequently attributive, designating a method of predicting the date of ovulation based on monitoring this, used as part of natural birth control (cf. symptothermal adj.).In women basal body temperature typically drops slightly and then rises sharply at the time of ovulation. ΚΠ 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 36 998 Basal body temperature is a guide to the period of fertility as identified in these studies to occur not more than three days before or one day after the midperiod of the menstrual cycle. 1953 Science 6 Mar. 256/1 Kendleigh has shown the basal body temperature of shrews..to approximate 34.7°C. 1984 Stud. Family Planning 15 303/1 This booklet was issued to provide doctors and health personnel with guidelines for instructing couples on the proper use of abstinence methods (the basal body temperature method, cervical mucus method, cervical palpation method, sympto-thermal method, and calendar method). 2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 10 Dec. 6 He teaches a combination of the basal body temperature method in which you keep track of your temperature..and the ovulation method in which you check cervical secretions (mucus) to determine when you ovulate. < as lemmas |
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