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Billings method
(Bil|lings method)
noun
a system for finding the time of ovulation by examining cervical mucus. It can be used as a form of birth control by avoiding sexual intercourse at that time.
Origin:
1960s
: named after Drs John and Evelyn Billings, who devised the method
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