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rhythm method

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
rhyth-m method
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of natural birth control that involves counting the days of a woman's menstrual cycle in order to determine when sexual intercourse is most or least likely to result in a pregnancy.

Inflected Forms

rhythm methods (plural)

Synonyms

calendar method Knaus-Ogino method Vatican roulette rhythm method of birth control rhythm calendar method of birth control

Questions

What does rhythm method mean?
A method of natural birth control that involves counting the days of a woman's menstrual cycle in order to determine when sexual intercourse is most or least likely to result in a pregnancy.

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