Definition that contains menstrual cycle
- menopause the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
- ovulation the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)
- 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
- change of life the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
- 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)
- superfecundation fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males)
- fertile period the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
- mittelschmerz pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle)
- pregnanediol a compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women
- 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