menstrual cycle
Noun
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is a type of: cycle, oscillation - a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenonhas:
- fertile period, fertile phase - the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
- menstrual phase - the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)
- luteal phase, secretory phase - the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
- safe period - that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)
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